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Friday 9th September 2016

NORTHERN INFERNO

BY ALEX TRELINSKI

rsonists have been blamed for a spate of wildfires along the Northern Costa Blanca that forced the evacuation of 1,400 people. Hundreds of fire fighters backed by water-dropping air-

craft battling the largest of several fires which began on Sunday near Javea. Another blaze then kicked in on Tuesday morning near the mountain town of Bolulla, about 40 kilometres west of Javea, after most of the

country faced an “extreme risk” of wildfires since Sunday due to a heatwave. “Arsonists are responsible,” said Jose Maria Angel Batalla, from the Valencian regional emergency service, referring to the fire near

Javea. “Gasoline cans have been found and there were “three or four” outbreaks of fire on Sunday just a few hours before the sun set, giving fire fighters little time to act before visibility dropped”, he added. The Guardia Civil are said to be looking for two cars that fled the area. The main blaze roared through scrubland along the coastline near residential areas around Javea, sending thick plumes of grey smoke into the air. It has burnt more than 800 hectares of land, according to the Valencian government, and has charred several buildings in the area which is popular with British holidaymakers, as well as expats living there all year round. A wall of flames could be seen moving towards a row of white-washed villas in images broadcast on Spanish television.

MASS LANDING U

p to 100 illegal immigrants from Algeria landed in four small boats at Tabarca island on Monday afternoon, with 13 of them claiming to be minors, which means that they cannot be repatriated. Some of the people are said to have come from as far away as Syria before making their dangerous crossing over the Meditterannean waters to

Spain. All of the immigrants were taken by the Guardia Civil to Alicante City where they treated by the Red Cross with the National Police processing who can and cannot stay in the country. The alarm was raised on Tabarca at around two-thirty when the immigrants were spotted walking around the island with the two local police officers

based there calling in the

Guardia at Santa Pola.

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The long-awaited work on repairing the path at Torrevieja's La Mata beach, which was damaged by storms last year, will begin a week on Monday. 240 thousand euros will be spent on the project which was due to

start in July but was delayed to avoid clashing with the tourist high season. The works will take until the end of the year and work will be done in the area between Calle de los Gerainios and Calle de las Adelfas.

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September day recorded by the group since they started taking measurements in the city. 44 degrees was hit inland in the Murcia region with temperatures dropping down to a more manageable 30 degrees on Tuesday. This was all in marked contrast to values last month, which showed that August had below average temperatures, and but for 2002, would have been the coolest in the area over the last 30 years. Weather experts say that average

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After the second coolest August in the last 30 years on the Costa Blanca, last Monday's heatwave produced some of the highest temperatures of the year, which were clocked regularly in last year's recordbreaking hot summer. Hot air from western Africa saw values reach 43.8 degrees in Orihuela, whilst the 40 mark was broken in Albatera, Callosa, and Redován. The Mastral Project recorded a high of 36.7 degrees in Torrevieja, which is the hottest ever

temperatures clocked in at 23.9 degrees some nought point two degrees below the monthly average, and would have been ever lower but for rises in the second half of the month. The highest coastal figure reached was 35 degrees, whilst inland Villena and Ontinyent recorded 40.8 degrees on August 19th. Meanwhile rainfall levels are down by half meaning that Alicante Province is suffering from its worst drought for a quarter of a century. The Alicante Provincial Council has been running a campaign asking domestic users to be economical with water, with the northern part of the area even hit by some supply cuts during the high tourist season. There appears to be little respite around the corner with Jorge Olcina from the Climate department at Alicante University warning that rainfall levels are expected to be below average during the autumn.

Torrevieja property owners are seeing a change in who collects the money for the local refuse collection service, though in practice Torrevieja council says it means no practical change for residents. The Courier was contacted by a number of readers who were baffled by new bills that they were getting from SUMA which they had been told nothing about in addition to wondering how they had got hold of their banking details.

Finance councillor José Hurtado has said that SUMA as opposed to water company AGAMED will be collecting the tax, which means that water bills will be reduced by 44 euros per annum, with SUMA issuing two bills every year for refuse collection amounting to 22 euros each as a new separate charge. Personal banking mandates have been switched automatically from AGAMED to SUMA.

Up And Down Electricity bills rose for the fourth consecutive month with tariffs going up by nought point nine percent for August. An average con-

sumer would pay 63 euros for last month’s power with prices still down by 15 percent overall compared to the first eight months of 2015.

Low cost air carrier Ryanair is planning to increase flights to Spain and Portugal next year from the UK and Ireland as sunseekers are choosing the Iberian Peninsula as opposed to trouble spots like Turkey. “We have seen an incredible surge in demand from people looking to go to Spain and Portugal next summer,” according to chief marketing officer, Kerry Jacobs speaking at the launch of their summer 2017 schedule. Ryanair will have an extra 50 craft next year, bringing its fleet close to

360, with chief executive Michael O’Leary saying it had a “list” of airports that have approached it with offers to have planes based there. “They all know that they are competing with each other,” added O’ Leary. Mr O’Leary reiterated that

air fares would fall sharply through the rest of 2016 and up to the end of Ryanair’s financial year on March 31st. “Fares will fall 10 per cent to 12 per cent in the second half, which means that they will be down on what were very low fares last year.”

Diver Scare A 24-year old professional diver needed emergency treatment on Monday after

being involved in an accident at a fish farm in waters off San Pedro del Pinatar. He

was taken transferred to a special hyperbaric chamber in Cartagena.

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Loyal Friend

Health Move Spain’s biggest private hospital chain, Quironsalud, has been taken over by the German healthcare group Fresenius for over five and half billion euros. Quironsalud, which has a

hospital in Torrevieja, was created by the merger of IDC Salud and Grupo Hospitalario Quiron two years ago, and will now be part of Europe’s largest private hospital operating group.

Big Spenders

Maya the dog has become the talk of the Spanish media after waiting for six days at the door of an Alicante Province hospital for her owner to recover from surgery. Maya was with her owner Sandra Iniesta, 22, and her father Andres, who were travelling home to Barcelona after a holiday when Sandra was

rushed to Elda Hospital for an emergency operation to remove her appendix, The two-year-old dog, an Akita Inu breed known for its loyalty, refused to leave the facility at Elda, and maintained a vigil at the hospital until her owner was released. Photographs posted on social media by the Elda Hospital staff

made Maya famous. After leaving the hospital, Sandra Iniesta wrote on Twitter, "She just did what she does at home in Barcelona which is to wait at the door of a place until I return. After days of not seeing my girl Maya, the kiss and happiness at seeing me and me her is priceless."

Foreign tourists spent nearly 43 billion euros in Spain over the first seven months of 2016, which is nearly an eight percent rise on the same period last

year. In July alone, total spending by foreign visitors reached over 10 billion euros, an increase of seven percent compared to the same month last year.

Budget Ideas

Head Riddle A head of a red-headed man believed to be in his forties was found at the Elche waste disposal plant last week, with the remains of his legs and other body parts discovered a day later on Friday morning. The National Police are leading investigations after the gruesome discovery was made by a worker who was sifting through some of the rubbish at the Urbaser landfill site at Elche marshes. Early indications were that the man had not

been dead for more that a month, and that he was of “foreign” appearance. DNA and dental analysis is to be used to try and identify the body with that section of site having rubbish dumped

there via lorries coming in from Torrevieja, Elche, Aspe, Hondón de las Nieves, and Monforte del Cid. Officers are combing missing persons lists from those areas to see if there is a possible match.

Orihuela Costa residents got the chance to make their views heard over what should be included in next year's council budget at a meeting held at Playa Flamenca Town Hall last Friday. The Federation of Associations of Orihuela Costa and the C.L.A.R.O.

political party put forward their ideas to Orihuela mayor Emilio Bascuñana and coastal councillor, Sofia Álvarez, who said the authority had 10 million extra euros to spend compared to the current budget which was approved four years ago.

Jobless Latest

Big Bust

An international operation involving Europol and the Lithuanian police, as well as the Guardia Civil and the National Police, has seen 52 arrests of Spanish and

Lithuanian nationals accused of growing and distributing marijuana and cocaine. Nine people have been detained in Lithuania. Some of the arrests were

in Alicante Province and the Murcia region, with one drugs plantation discovered in the basement of a Torrevieja house, which was accessed via a shower-room. In that raid, officers discovered drugs, as well as a machine gun, pistols, and ammunition. A variety of weapons, including an array of knives, were also impounded in 58 raids staged since April as part of the police operation The gang would transport the drugs and weapons around Spain and Europe in lorries that were meant to be carrying fruit and vegetables.

Spain’s unemployment figures rose last month, going up by 14,435 people from July, but the rise is smaller than the figure for August 2015, but greater than for the same month in 2014 and 2013. As of the end of August, the total number of people signing on the dole in Spain was three point six nine million, according to the Labour Ministry. August normally brings job losses in the hospitality indus-

try as the tourist season starts to wind down. Seasonally adjusted figures showed the number of people out of work actually fell by over 24 thousand. Alicante Province has nearly 169 thousand people out of work, a rise of over three thousand on July’s returns, whilst the Murcia region has almost 118 thousand registered unemployed, a rise in August of nearly three thousand.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a military veterans forum that Russian president Vladimir Putin "has been a leader far more than our president Obama has been". European Council president Donald Tusk has told UK PM Theresa May that "the ball is now in your court" as the pair discussed the next steps on Brexit at Downing Street yesterday. The Pentagon says a Russian fighter plane flew within about 10ft of one of its reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea. US officials described the intercept by the SU-27 jet on Wednesday as "dangerous and unprofessional". Police in the northwestern Indian state of Haryana will check dishes of mutton biryani to ensure they do not contain beef. India's Hindu majority see cows as a sacred animal but many other Indians eat the meat but beef is banned in Haryana. Shares in Nintendo have surged after the company announced that a new version of its popular Super Mario franchise will be available on iPhone. Super Mario Run will be released in Apple's App Store in December in more than 100 countries. Three people have been found dead and a woman is missing after torrential rain caused flash flooding in Greece. The worst casualties were in and around the southwestern city of Kalamata.

A Much Drier Outlook

Two flooding blackspots in Torrevieja are having half a million euros spent on them to stop problems after torrential rain. Work from Agamed is in the closing stages at the junction of Avenida de las Víctimas del Terrorismo with the Instituto Mare Nostrum, with the focus then shifting next month to improving drainage around the Avenida de Desiderio Rodríguez area.

Summer School’s Damp Squib Summer school attendance in the Orihuela area has been branded as a flop by the opposition PSOE socialists. Councillor José Hernández claimed that numbers had fallen by two-thirds compared to 2014 and he blamed the fall from twelve-hundred to 400 students on poor publicity, a late start to the programme, and a five euro per fortnight charge.

Friday 9th September 2016

Rajoy Fights On

Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been backed by his Partido Popular executive after two bids in three days to form a minority government failed last week, pushing Spain closer to a third election in a year. In a meeting last Saturday, Partido Popular leaders reaffirmed their support of Rajoy as their candidate and continued to blame the PSOE Socialist party, the second biggest grouping in Parliament, for the failed investiture. Following a failed first attempt to form a government on last week on Wednesday, Rajoy's bid was again voted down on Friday by 180 to 170, as had been expected.

Parliament now has until October 31st to produce a government or a third round of elections will be called, and that might even be on Christmas Day, though the indications are that it would be brought forward by a week if a third poll has to be held. The situation appears to be so dead-locked that even King Felipe said on Monday that he will not be holding talks with leaders of the country's political parties for now to end the stalemate, which has left Spain without an effective government for almost nine months. The King though issued a statement asking the parties for "dialogue, col-

laboration and compromise" to break the impasse. However, although Felipe has previously held several rounds of talks with party leaders, he will not be attempting to mediate for the moment. "In a constitutional regime such as ours, parliament is the place where debate and dialogue between political forces should take place and the issues of our national life decided," read the statement. The statement came after Rajoy, said he will "persevere" in his attempts to win a mandate. Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez held a news conference on Monday at his party headquarters in Madrid, during which he said he would "open a round of talks" with other party leaders. Sanchez, who was unsuccessful in his attempts to win an investiture debate in March, refused to say whether he would again present his candidacy to be named as prime minister in the wake of Rajoy's failure.

Green Help 40 thousand euros in grants to improve environmental and nature sites in

Alicante Province has been handed out to 13 municipalities by the Alicante Provincial

Council. Elche, Pinoso and Redován are some of the authorities set to benefit.

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Happy Moorings

Santiago de la Ribera's harbour is to get a new docking area with 190 berths which will bring to an end the number of illegal moorings in the area. The two million euro project will be carried

out by the Real Club de Regatas in Santiago, whose president Francisco Ginés Pérez gave Murcia public works minister, Pedro Rivera (pictured centre) a tour of the site.

Bogus Coppers

Four people who pretended to be police officers in the Madrid and Valencia areas have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after being involved in at least two violent robberies. A German man reported having eighteen hundred euros stolen from hism last month when he was stopped by the gang on the A4 highway, after they told him that they were police officers. The quick-witted German gave the Guardia a good description of the men, and officers a few days later spotted two cars, one

containing a single person and the other with false number plates containing three people all of whom matched the victim’s description. The men were tracked down to Getafe in Madrid, and the Pakistani and Iranian nationals were arrested with over three thousand euros seized as well as false papers, number plates in addition to mobile phones. They have also been charged with a similar robbery in Moncada in the Valencia region on a Polish man.

Car Boost

Orihuela council has been slammed for neglecting the green areas of the Orihuela Costa "for years". The attack comes from Martín Borislavov, secretary of the local branch of the left-wing Compromís party. Borislavov says that residents around Pinar de Campoamor have complained about the lack of attention to local parks and green areas, and has called on coastal councillor Sofia Álvarez to do something about the neglect shown by the council to the area. "Orihuela Costa residents don't want anything more than anybody else in the municipality", said Borislavov, " but they just want the same level of service as those who live in Orihuela City".

Spain's new car sales rose by 14.6 percent in August when compared with the same month of a year earlier, according to figures released by the country’s manufacturers and dealers. Companies bought 19,772 cars in August, which meant 15.8 percent more than that in August 2015, individuals

made 41,774 purchases which meant a 12.5 percent increase and renting companies bought 2,543, a rise of 48.2 percent. In the first eight months of 2016, purchases reached 794,629 which meant an 11.3 percent increase when compared with the same period of a year earlier.

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A Hive Of Secrets

A Guardia Civil investigation into a bee-hive rustling gang turned up something more substantial after three people were arrested for being in possession of 30 works of art including paintings, Chinese vases, and animal tusks. The Guardia's rural division, ROCA, based in Torrevieja started investigating complaints of some 400 beehives being stolen in Formentera de Segura,

San Isidro, and Guardamar del Segura over the last year. Their enquiries took them south to Almeria where two beekeepers said they had bought some hives, and making false insurance claims on them after saying they had been stolen from them. They were in effect “double-dipping”, as they were selling on the hives that had been taken from the Vega Baja region.

The Guardia found that one of the hive stealers was the owner of an Almeria antiques shop which was used as a money-laundering operation for cash made from house sales, with officers discovering a range of illegally-obtained art works and ornaments. 171 beehives and 45 honeycombs were found in the grounds of the store with a Guardia house raid in Mudamiento in the Orihuela municipality also yielding a variety of weapons that had been stolen a decade ago. The art works are being valued and assessed by experts from the Alicante Provincial Council culture department, whilst a 51year-old Spaniard, his exwife of Brazilian nationality aged 37, and a 46-year-old Spanish man have all been arrested and charged with a variety of offences including burglary; illegal weapons possession, fraud, and crimes against historical, artistic, and cultural heritage.

Getting The Hemp

Rojales saw the return of an old tradition last weekend after a 60-year-break in the shape of a hemp har-

vest on a two hectare plantation in the municipality. The event was organised by the Municipal Hemp school

in Callosa, in conjunction with the Callosa and Rojales councils, Rojales mayor Antonio Pérez was in attendance along his counterparts from Callosa, Fran Maciá, and Manuel Pineda from Rafal. A variety of local farmers including some old enough to remember the last gathering of hemp in the area back in the fifties took part in the day which was designed as a way boosting the growth of hemp in the region.

Franco’s Friends Pamplona council is to remove the remains of two generals from the Monument to the Fallen. The men played key roles in the July 1936 coup led by the dictator General Franco that led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The bodies of Emilio Mola Vidal and José Sanrujp Sacanell will be returned to their families for private burial after the council decided to impose the Historical Memory Law that calls for the removal of Franco regime symbols from public places. The law was passed by the Socialist government in 2007 in an attempt to heal the wounds of the 1936-39 Civil War, and requires the removal fascist symbols from public view and the renaming of streets and plazas honouring Franco and his collaborators.

Pamplona’s council, run by a coalition of the populist left Podemos and EH Bildu (Basque Independents), have interpreted the law to extend it to the Monument to the Fallen, a domed mausoleum which holds the remains of the two Francoist generals alongside another six Francoists killed in Pamplona during the conflict. The square where the mausoleum is located has

already been renamed Plaza de la Libertad removing the name of Conde de Rodezno, a justice minister during the Franco regime for whom the square was named before. The exhumation will take place in November overseen by Francisco Etxeberria, a forensic archaeologist who has led over 400 exhumations of unmarked mass graves dating from the Civil War.

More Info Guardamar council has been given 22 thousand euros by the Valencia Tourist Agency to erect

more information boards promoting the area's historical and archaeological heritage. The areas of Avenida

Ingeniero Mira, the Paseo Marítimo, and Avenida Los Pinos will be the first to benefit.

Winner Check It Out Last Friday's EuroMillions draw produced a 153 thousand euro winner in the San Javier area. The lucky ticket was bought at El Mago de Oro in the Dos Mares shopping centre.

Elderly Robbers

An eleven-strong gang of bogus gas and water meter readers who would target homes belong to elderly people in Alicante Province and the Murcia region, has been broken up by the National Police. Seven men and four women were detained in Villajoyosa and Benidorm as they used their cover to steal jewellery that could be pawned off. Suspicions were raised in January when one of the gang tried to sell a large amount of gold jewellery in shops in Madrid, Alicante and Benidorm. Authorities say that they have five definite cases of burglary involving the crooks but it is entirely possible that there may be a number of situations where home owners would not even know that they were robbed.

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Convict Chaos

Prisons in the Valencian region are well over bursting point with inmates, as they are operating 54 percent over capacity, according to claims made by the prison officers

union, ACAIP. Of the close to seven thousand prisoners in the region, nearly a third are in Alicante Province with Fontcalent prison in Alicante City as the main centre.

World Leader

Spain continues to lead the way in organ donations with 43 donors per million people expected to be reached by the end of 2016. Figures from the World Transplant Registry say that the country has the highest percentage rate of organ transplantation per head of

Naughty Resort

Electricity company Endesa has accused a Costa Brava hotel complex of 'illegally' hooking itself up to the power supply after it was cut off a year ago due to non-payment. The fourstar Sun Village resort in Lloret de Mar had run up a 150 thousand euro debt with Endesa and the company then pulled the plug. Endesa last week was

carrying out repairs on a power fault in a building which backs onto the hotel, and it had to cut off the local electricity supply for a time. As a result, the generator which the hotel was using in addition to its alleged illegal supply had to provide power for the entire Sun Village resort and burst into flames due to overloading. Emergency services,

including 10 fire engines, had to evacuate 238 guests and put them up in other hotels belonging to the same chain. Endesa claims it has photographic evidence that the hotel had hooked up directly to the street supply and says the Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalunya's answer to the Guardia Civil, have launched a full inquiry.

Inside Job

population in the world. An average of 13 transplants are carried out every day, and last year saw three thousand kidney transplants in addition to 1,162 liver and 299 heart operations. So far the first half of 2016 has seen an 11 percent rise in the number of donors.

The Guardia Civil have arrested a Columbian man and woman aged in their mid-thirties and are hunting for a third person after the

Valor Chocolate shop at Alicante-Elche airport was stripped of nearly 12 thousand euros of weekend takings.

The robbery happened in mid-July but the Guardia have only just made the facts public of what turned out to be an “inside job” as the third person wanted by the authorities is the 33year-old nephew of the Columbian woman, who used to work at the shop. The trio bought tickets to fly to Barcelona to give them “air-side” access to the store with the nephew doing the dirty work as he evaded identification by wearing a face mask and used inside information to gain access to the store and to take the money without having to force any locks open.

Rare Fever Strikes A case of haemorrhagic fever, a virus imported from the Congo has been detected in Madrid. A 62-year old man died in the capital's Gregorio Marañón University Hospital on August 25th after being transferred there from the Infanta Leonor Hospital. Two additional suspected cases came back negative last weekend. The nurse who attended to the 62-year-old man in the Infanta Leonor is in the isolation unit at the La Paz-Carlos III Hospital, where three patients were treated for Ebola in 2014 – two missionary doctors who did not survive, and nurse Teresa Romero who caught it from one of the patients, but recovered and is now back at work. The Carlos III and Infanta Leonor are carrying out exhaustive checks on all staff who may have been in contact with the man who died, and everyone who has been in contact with them, over the next three weeks. According

to medics, the deceased man went to the Infanta Leonor saying he had been bitten by a tick in a rural area in Castilla y León, and routine blood tests were carried out. These showed up very alarming and strange results, so the patient was admitted to intensive care. After several days and without having made an exact diagnosis, his condition began to worsen and he suffered complete liver failure. At this point he was rushed to the Gregorio Marañón, where he died a few days later.

The nurse who attended to him in the beginning said she finished her working day with an 'extremely high fever', and went to A&E where she was given a blood test that showed 'very abnormal results'. Between her treating the patient and ending up in intensive care, just four days elapsed, and her symptoms were described as being very similar to that of the man she had been seeing to. She was transferred to the isolation unit two days after her admission to intensive care.

Tony Mayes - About Life

Friday 9th September 2016

Bingeing Wake Up Call When it comes to festivals, Spain knows how to party and although they attract thousands of people, the vast majority behave and know how much to drink and then stop. Not so the Brits at last month’s Notting Hill Carnival, where thousands consumed far more alcohol then they should, resulting in numerous arrests, assaults on police, other crime, young people lying unconscious in the streets, covered in vomit and pee. Sadly, despite all the warnings, far too many young people are consum-

ing dangerous levels of alcohol, storing up all manner of problems later in life. In the past it was thought that youngsters having skinfulls of drink every week were more likely to be the uneducated and unskilled, but now a new survey has found that highly intelligent teenagers and 20-somethings, and particularly girls, are the worst offenders. Many university-educated young women were interviewed and admitted drinking far in excess of recommended levels. For example, an accomplished musician with

a degree in contemporary arts with well-educated parents, regularly drinks two bottles of cheap rosé wine and thinks nothing of knocking back 10 shots of tequila in an evening. More often than not, completely pieeyed and aggressive, she will get into arguments and fights with strangers over some perceived slight. After staggering home, she’ll have a ‘nightcap’ of Baileys or two before throwing up and falling into bed. The next day, the intelligent and animated 22-year-old, who loves literature and music,

will have one hell of a hangover. And the detail of what has happened to her will be all but a blur. But that won't stop her doing the same thing again - often twice a week. And she is far from alone in her relentless quest to get blind drunk. Tens of thousands of other bright young women across the country also regularly drink frightening amounts of alcohol. According to a psychiatrist, young middle-class women are more likely to go to university than ever before where "there is an

A Crazy Situation

Listen to the British dogooder brigade and you would think that every asylum seeker had to be accommodated in the UK without question and all immigration was good for the country. But here's a case where the exact opposite is true and demonstrates why the majority of Brits want an end to the stupidity and voted for Brexit. A 31-year-old Algerian came

to Britain in 2003 and since then has collected 17 previous convictions for a variety of crimes including attempted robbery, criminal damage, drugs and numerous convictions for shoplifting. A High Court judge heard he had a history of alcoholism, drug use and homelessness. Home Office staff had approached authorities in different parts of Africa - in a bid to deport - but officials

abroad had refused to provide travel documents to the man - who is effectively stateless. He had the cheek to bring a compensation claim against the Government saying he has been unlawfully held in a detention centre, no doubt aided by high-earning civil and human rights lawyers and misguided charities. But the judge ruled in favour of the Home Office and dis-

institutional acceptance of binge drinking". Bad habits then become engrained as aspirational women pursue careers, delay children, become stressed and overworked - and self-medicate with alcohol. And interviewers discovered a common theme - how booze-fuelled excess was the ultimate marker of a good night. As well as ruining their longterm health, these youngsters put on considerable weight as well as spending a fortune. One admitted going from a size 8 to 14 in just a year and getting into numer-

ous fights, returning home often with cuts and bruises. One young woman spends around £100 a week on alcohol and drinks an average of 75 units - a staggering 5,300 calories, the same as eating 18 burgers. Sadly this sorry tale is replicated throughout Britain and will be a serious problem not only for the people concerned but for the NHS and the country as a growing number of people become alcoholics and dependent on treatment. This should be a wake-up call for urgent action.

TV Turn Off missed the man's claim. The Home Office case was that he had been a 'serial absconder' and had committed 'numerous criminal offences'. He had been held at a time where there had been a prospect of deportation - and they said reasonable deportation steps had been taken. In 2005 the claimant began to develop a mental health disorder. He has been treated as an inpatient in hospital since that time both on a voluntary and involuntary basis under mental health legislation. He has had periods when he has been drinking heavily and periods when he has been street homeless. He has had times when he has been suicidal and periods when he has self-harmed. He has been prescribed medication for his mental health condition. So here you have it - Britain is stuck with this man and he is costing the NHS and the British taxpayer a fortune. Do we want or need this? No we don't and the sooner it's stopped the better.

Do you get sick and tired of seeing the same boring adverts on the numerous commercial TV channels day after day? I do. I'm getting to screaming point when I see the Audrey Hepburn look-alike acting like a spoilt cow on the Amalfi drive, and that couple's credit score hasn't changed in the hour since the bossy woman previously ordered her long suffering partner to check it. That annoying kid who wants to build a space ship out of a washing up bottle must have made a hundred by now and do we need to see the overweight party ani-

mals with their blow-up doll every day? But the worst is the appalling advert showing a horrible looking man gyrating his gross backside in front of another. Do we really need that while trying to eat breakfast? How any company or any advertising exec could believe that showing these cursed adverts week in week out will persuade anyone to buy their products beats me. Save your money and stop driving the viewing public into mental institutions. Thank goodness for the BBC enabling us to escape the drivel.

New Look Route Resurfacing and redesign work on one of the main roads in San Miguel de Salinas has been completed which has also seen an end to temporary diversions for motorists trying to get in and out of the town. Improvements to Calle Galant Delgado, costing nearly 100 thousand euros and funded by the Alicante Provincial Council, has seen the old central route totally resurfaced, with wider pavements and drainage systems.

Fight Beggars Belief A 31-year old Moroccan man was arrested by the Guardia Civil after he allegedly stabbed a 42year-old Spaniard during a fight at Lo PagĂĄn last Friday night. Both men were apparently street beggars with San Pedro local police and the Guardia locating the suspect in a nearby street whilst the victim was taken to Los Arcos Hospital in San Javier.

Friday 9th September 2016

Politeness Pays

A Costa Brava restaurant owner has introduced a new pricing system where impolite customers are forced to pay five euros for a coffee, while those with manners are charged just one euro thirty cents. Marisel Valencia Madrid got so fed up with rude visitors to her Restaurant Blau Grifeu, in Llanca, that she came up with a triple tariff plan to charge five euros to rude customers, three euros fifty to those who say 'please' and just one euro fifty for a coffee to anyone who greets their server with a "Buenos dias" first.

Marisel said: "I put a sign in the window with the new prices and it has made all the difference. People are now super polite and it has really improved daily lifeâ€?.

The 41-year-old, from Colombia, added that it was not just Spanish customers who were rude, but also British, French and German tourists visiting the beach resort.

Blooded Brothers

A row over money saw

two brothers, aged 28 and

38, and of Indian nationality, injured with knife wounds in Torre Pacheco's Plaza Calvo Sotelo last Friday night. One of the brothers was stabbed in the throat as he and his sibling got embroiled in a heated argument with an Indian man and his son outside a grocery store. Both injured men were taken to Los Arcos hospital in San Javier with a variety of stab wounds, with one of them needing an operation. The Guardia Civil arrested the alleged knifemen, aged 56 and 27 a few minutes later around the corner on Calle Boquera.

Toilet Dump A nine-millimetre calibre gun was found in the toilets of Alicante railway station last week. It was discovered wrapped in plastic with the National Police working on the theory that it was dumped there by the owner who got spooked when he saw officers on the concourse.

Forbidden Fruit

Holiday Con

A 31-year-old fraudster who pocketed over five thousand euros by taking deposits for non-existent Benidorm holiday apartments has been arrested by the National Police in Alicante. Deposits of 500 euros were taken for the flats via the

Sea On Land

A new maritime sculpture is now adorning a roundabout in San Pedro del Pinatar. The nautical theme has appeared on the island at Avenida del Puerto de San Pedro at a cost of two and a

half thousand euros, as part of an ongoing project by the San Pedro council to spruce up the area's roundabouts. The steel structure features three seahorses enclosed within a mini garden.

Soled Out

45 pairs of fake-branded shoes were seized by police at Callosa de Segura's market last week. Officers moved in for their weekly

Better Access Authorities have seized 900 kilos of cocaine packed into boxes of bananas from Columbia that were shipped over to the southern port of Algeciras. Three people were arrested by the National Police who discovered that the men were using a fruit importation business in Sevilla as a front for their operations which included storing the drugs at a warehouse before onward distribution across Spain.

internet with at least 19 people defrauded as they arrived to find that their holiday homes were a work of fiction. The conman has a criminal record and authorities are not ruling out that he roped in other victims on the same scam.

Two pedestrian crossings in the Los Balcones area of Torrevieja have recently been improved close to the pharmacy and bus stop with improved ramp access for disabled people in wheelchairs and for parents with prams and buggies. The crossings go over the busy CV-95 route and link up Calles Ucrania and Orihuela. Four years ago a 600 signature petition called for easier accessible crossings in the area.

spot-check, with red-faced traders grabbing the shoes and throwing them into the street as they ran away from the clutches of the law.

Friday 9th September 2016

Badajoz Theory

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Human remains found in the sea close to the Peñón de Ifac at Calpe in the Northern Costa Blanca and linked to possible voodoo rituals, may have been removed from a graveyard and dumped into the water before being found three days later. The bones may have come from three different bodies, with a third package recovered from the sea by divers last Thursday, as documents suggested that the skeletons may have come from Badajoz. Forensic tests have shown that the almost complete skeleton from the first bundle had been buried in the ground for 30 to 40 years before being thrown into the sea two or three days before it was discovered. The Guardia Civil say it’s, like the other bones, bore no signs of violence.

Juan Carlos Moragues, the Spanish government’s delegate to the Valencia region, said photographs and documents from Spain’s tax office had also been recovered from the bundles. He said the names on the forms and photos matched those of people living in the Badajoz area of Spain. Everything in the case, Moragues added, “points to the carrying out of some kind of rite – after which things were wrapped in a sheet, tied up and then thrown to the bottom of the sea”. As reported in The Courier last week, Guardia Civil divers found a variety of items next to the initial find of bones including a type of wooden pole, split down the middle, which signifies the end of the road in certain areas of witchcraft,

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and a closed bucket containing feathers, laurel leaves and a hermeticallysealed container filled with a yellow-coloured liquid. The human remains have been sent for more thorough analysis and to see whether any DNA can be extracted to help identify them. Until then, the Guardia are investigating possible links to Santería, the African-Caribbean religion that fuses Yoruba mythology with aspects of Roman Catholicism. A Guardia spokesman said:- “Although we’re not abandoning the hypothesis that this might be a Santería ritual, we’re proceeding cautiously and investigators are consulting experts in the field to see whether they can provide any new information that could lead to fresh lines of inquiry.”

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Friday 9th September 2016

A Musical Great

The Melody Makers International choir, under their conductor Nigel Hopkins, are looking for new members to join them as they get ready to celebrate the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in their New Year performances, as well as planning a return visit to the Benidorm Palace to be part of their Christmas show like last year. Rehearsals take place each Tuesday between 5.30 pm and 7.30 at the Asturias Restaurante in Punta Prima, and if you want to get involved, then just come along a little earlier for a simple voice test, or telephone 966 775 976 for more details. All you have to do is to sing a certain range in tune, and you’ll get the necessary training to join the choir which is made up of singers from several nationalities.

Pilarmonics Plea

The Pilarmonics is a newly formed Pilar de la Horadadabased ladies harmony group who sing in the Barbershop style, and have a lot of fun. They are looking for new members and if you join them, then you will have a chance to enjoy your singing in a friendly and welcoming group. The Pilarmonics rehearse every Wednesday evening from 6.45 pm at the Pilar Christian Community Church which is directly opposite the cinema, and they are also after sponsors to help them

grow still further. The group belongs to the National Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers and need financial help to buy costly essentials like sheet music as well as paying for regular expert coaching. The Pilarmonics also urgently need money to buy some risers (which are expensive), for their live shows. For new members and potential sponsors, visit the Pilarmonics Facebook page or send an e-mail to phil.pilarmomics@gmail.com

Chattering Back The monthly social Chatters group is back in business this month after their summer break as they return on Wednesday September 21st for a local history talk by Antonio Zapata. Chatters is supported by the Help at Home Murcia-Mar Menor charity and allows people to meet old and make new friends at the Pasty Shack, near to the Mercadona supermarket,

Rio Nalon, in Los Alcazares. This month’s gathering will see free refreshments served between 10.15 am and 10.45 am followed by some quizzes and games at 11.00 am ahead of the history talk. Chatters will also be looking ahead as the meeting will also give people a first chance to buy tickets for the Chatters Christmas Carvery lunch which was a sell-out last year.

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Stars Remembered

With so many stars and personalities passing away in recent months, the Campoverde Theatre Group has decided to stage a special supper show next month as a special tribute, called Gone But Not Forgotten:Memories Of The Stars. The production will celebrate in song, dance and sketches some of the best

known work of some personalities like Cilla Black, Val Doonican and a tribute to Victoria Wood and her classic TV comedy, Dinner Ladies. The show will be staged between October 13th and October 16th at Phoenix Nights in San Miguel de Salinas. Proceeds will go to charity and the 10 euro price of the tickets will

include a one course meal and a drink. Tickets are available from the Box office Ticket Line: ctgticketline@gmail.com or phone 626 772 256. Tickets can also be bought at The Book Shop, San Miguel or from the Community Centre, Blue Lagoon on a Monday or Wednesday between 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm.

Still In Fashion

The catwalk is getting a quick brushdown as Help Murcia Mar Menor is get-

ting ready for a fashion show at the end of the month. The event takes

place at Las Claras, Los Narejos on Thursday September 29th at 3.00 pm, with entrance costing two euros and there’s a chance for you to get lucky in the raffle! Tickets are available from the Help MMM office in Los Narejos or by phoning 968 570 059. Help MMM was founded in 2002 by a small group of expats who could see there was a need in Murcia for a charity to help expats with all aspects of life in Spain, and 14 years on, continues to thrive and is run by volunteers.

Help Wanted Do you have a few hours to spare week? If so, Age Concern would love you to help them out as a volunteer at their charity shops in Torrevieja and Los Montesinos. If you are interested, please drop into the Age Concern Centre in La Siesta, Torrevieja, or phone 966 786 887.

Established in Quesada for over 14 years, Viajes Rosa Tours have helped thousands of customers of all nationalities enjoy time away with friends and family. They specialise in coach trips and have daily excursions across the Valencia and Murcia Regions including trips to Benidorm, Altea, Alicante, Valencia and Cartagena. Offering excellent value for money, with English speaking guides, fully licensed and insured vehicles many customers return time and time again. If you are looking to escape for a bit longer, Rosa Tours have a number of eight and 15 day cruises available throughout the year, including a 8-day Mediterranean Cruise departing from Alicante Port on October 30 all inclusive, plus transfers and port taxes costing from €615. Viajes Rosa Tours is a fully legal and registered travel agents with access to worldwide hotels, flights and packages and can tailor make any holiday. They can also book and reserve flights on your behalf. Travel insurances can also be arranged. For more information call 966 717 783 or visit the office located through the arches in Quesada, opposite the petrol station and speak with one of the friendly staff who are always happy to help. Visit www.viajesrosatours.com or email info@viajesrosatours.com Editorial Provided By Viajes Rosa Tours

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Friday 9th September 2016

Pets

Friday 9th September 2016

Pet Priorities

A “You Gov” survey carried out on behalf of global pet insurance company Aquarium Software has shown that a staggering 57 per cent of British pet owners would prefer to spend time at home with their pets rather than go out and make new friends. According to Mark Colonnese, sales and marketing director of Aquarium, the findings show just how much our pets really matter to us. “For a majority of pet owners to choose pets over people shows how much we enjoy the company of our animals. They may not be able to talk – but perhaps that is why we like them so much,” Mark says. “The results showed higher percentages choosing to stay in with their pet over going out and meeting new friends across age, regional and demographic boundaries, showing that as a nation, we really are infatuated with our animals.” The survey findings also demonstrated that dogs really are man’s (and woman’s) best friend. Of all

pet owners, dog owners were the keenest to spend time with their pets – 70 per cent said they’d prefer to stay in with pets than meet new people, 13 per cent above the average of all pet owners, and also significantly higher than cat owners, only 59 per cent of whom said they’d prefer to stay with their pets. Whether dogs simply make better company than cats, or whether dog owners are as loyal as their pets, it is clear that our pooches mean the world to us. “As a dog owner I might be slightly biased, but with the amount of joy dogs bring, coupled with their loyalty, it’s no surprise to see just how popular they are with their pet parents.” Mark says. “I don’t think anyone’s really guilty of underestimating the bond between pet and owner, but this research shows just how strong it is. I would urge anyone working in the pets market – from vets right through to insurance providers – to take account of this in future. It looks like humans still have a lot of work to do before they replace pets in our hearts!”

Why Does My Dog Shed So Much? Dogs naturally lose old or damaged hair by shedding. Although shedding is a normal process for dogs, the amount and frequency of hair that is shed often depends upon their health and breed type. It can also depend on the season-many dogs develop thick coats in the winter that are then shed in the spring. Dogs who are always kept indoors, however, are prone to smaller fluctuations in coat thickness and tend to shed fairly evenly all year. Minimising Shedding While you cannot stop a healthy dog from normal shedding, you can reduce the amount of hair in your home by brushing your dog regularly. Your vet or groomer should be able to recommend a specific type of

brush or comb that will work best for your dog’s hair type. Excessive Shedding What seems like excessive shedding can be normal for some dogs, but it can also be the result of stress, poor nutrition or a medical

problem. Your vet can best determine if your dog’s hair loss is part of the normal

shedding process or is a symptom of an underlying disorder. Excessive shedding can sometimes be prevented through proper nutrition. Quality pet-food manufacturers work hard to include the right amount of nutrients so that supplements are not needed, but dogs with allergies and/or sensitivities still might need to experiment with different brands and formulations to discover which food works best for them. Lighting For Them It appears that the more natural light your pet experiences, the more likely it is to shed in one or two discrete periods. This may not be the case in your pet - but it is worth a try. Seasonal changes in all animals are due to changes in the length of the day, not to changes in the weather. Good Nutrition A good diet minimises shedding. Be sure the pet food you feed contains adequate levels of protein, fats, vitamins and minerals. Most nationally marketed brands do. But if your pet receives a large portion of its diet in table scraps, try cutting those down as soon as it is safely possible.

Magic Cures The body washes, fatty acid and vitamin sprays you can buy, only manage to moisturise your pet's skin with the oils they contain. They do not help with shedding. The oral coat supplements of vitamins, fatty acids and other nutrients do not help a dog that is receiving a good diet. Omega 3 Supplements There is no real scientific evidence that Omega-3 fatty acid- containing products really reduce shedding. But some people think they do. They seem to have so many other positive benefits to health that you may wish to try them for your pet. Keeping Healthy Pets in good general health shed less than those that are not. Anything that makes your pet scratch will increase the amount of hair you find around the house. The most common causes are fleas and some allergies. Regular Brushing Brushing your pet frequently with the proper comb will remove the problem of hair around the house. Make sure that you get the right size comb for your dog as many are sold that have the teeth too widely spaced.

Pets Corner: Can You take in a Homeless Dog or Cat?

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DAFFY

JACK

NORA

Alf is a gorgeous four month old puppy who is looking for his foreever home, and currently weighs in at around four kilos. He had his first injections a few weeks ago and he will grow to be medium sized and is an absolute charmer that could become your friend. He is currently being fostered with his siblings and for more details on Alf, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Arry is an adorable three month old pup that is looking for a home. He loves to play, have cuddles and has a lovely disposition and is a happy little man. He was rescued along with nine other pups, he could end up being anywhere between eight and 15 kilos when fully grown! To learn more about Arry, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Daffy was involved in a car accident in April, and can only use three legs with the fourth one severely damaged in the accident. The leg is healthy but has total nerve damage from the "knee down" and so she walks on her knee. Daffy, who is over a year old and has been spayed, will need a very secure garden from which she would be unable to get out. Call K9 on 610 832 726.

Jack and his brothers and sisters were rescued as tiny puppies and he and the rest of his family have lived most of their lives in kennels, and deserving of some special attention! Can you offer Jack or one of his family a loving home? If you would like to meet Jack and his siblings, then please do give APAH a telephone call on either 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

Nora was found by the side of the road, and the people who found her initially thought that she was dead and possibly had been hit by a car. Luckily she had no serious injuries, and despite being nervous at first, within a fortnight she turned into a more confident girl who loves cuddles. Nora is five- years- old and weighs around fivekilos. Contact us on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

TINO Tino is a small 18-month-old corgi cross type dog who is now looking for his forever home. Tino has a small but long body and weighs in at nine kilos and is an absolute delight. He is negative for all Mediterranean diseases and gets on really well with other great with other dogs. If you are interested in learning more about Tino, then call Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

Friday 9th September 2016

TRELI ON THE TELLY A Load Of Liars

WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

It's a bit of a sad comment on British TV comedy that most of the best laughs come these days from panel shows as opposed to a scripted halfhour. The opening episode of Would I Lie To You offered more fun than most of the current BBC sitcom season offerings in a fun-packed return last Friday night to BBC 1. Besides the wonderful interchanges between captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell, plus the effortless hosting of Rob Brydon, the fun of WILTY is seeing team members from different backgrounds(and not from comedy) letting themselves go and enjoying the show. A perfect case in point came in last week's opener with ex-world boxing

champion David Haye being doggedly persistent in trying to trip up Martin Kemp's tale of suffering a shoulder injury. Both guys were on point and contrary to what I thought, Kemp was telling the truth on a show that never fails to deliver a load of good laughs. Besides sitcoms, another area of comedy concern is that we badly need a British TV show with biting satire that has something to say, but incredibly the Yanks can do it with people like John Oliver and Trevor Noah (both known to us Brits….one a Brummie and one a South African) hosting sharp shows yet the best we can manage at the moment is Newzoids. I admire what the show tries to do, and credit to ITV for

bringing it back and running it on Saturday primetime, but despite excellent voice work from the likes of Jon Culshaw and some good looking puppets which do make me smile (I like Donald Trump in the cat wig), the script is not funny enough. I'm not sure if that's down to the writers not being up to scratch or ITV chiefs telling them to be careful (unlikely), but if Spitting Image three decades ago could let rip with the likes of Ian Hislop, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton penning the words, then what is the problem now? I keep returning to this point every few months as we so badly need a UK programme to lay into the politicians that could easily end up being a hot talking

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point the following day, or even earlier via social media! Why can't the best country for TV deliver on that front? Shame on ITV for smearing its Saturday schedule with a nasty little show called Go For It, which almost sounds like a euphemism for a long session on a toilet. To be honest, that would be a more entertaining option as at least you could have a decent read rather than having to put up with this tripe which appears to be a cheap version of the old Brucie/Darren Day show, You Bet. All you get is a bunch of folk who can do something different and they are given a target to achieve within a time frame, and then they do it, and then they walk off stage with some money, and then I yawn, and then I realise that I couldn't give a proverbial. What makes this even worse is that there is a complete lack of spontaneity whilst at least a Brucie or a Bradley Walsh would put their stamp on something as putrid as this. That's in contrast to presenter Stephen Mulhern doing Miranda-style impressions looking directly into a camera with a scripted joke that had been rehearsed

at least a dozen times earlier in the day. It hardly came as a surprise to me that the launch show for Strictly Come Dancing over on BBC 1 at the same time produced a record-breaking figure for the opener, as Go For It gave the infamous Harry Hill "Stars in their Eyes" a good run for its money as a classic Saturday night stinker. Much better news came straight after for ITV, as the newimproved “non-nasty” X Factor piled on two million extra viewers on top of its opener the previous weekend for its best early September figures for years as word is clearly out that it’s worth watching again. Do you remember the outstanding BBC 1 drama back in 2008 called Criminal Justice penned by Peter "Silk" Moffat with Ben Wishaw wrongly being accused of murder and being looked after in jail by the badly-missed Pete Postlethwiate? It's been remade for the US market by HBO and is called The Night Of, and much as I distrust a remake, I have to say that it is very good indeed and worth checking out on Sky Atlantic.

What's going on at Sky News? Eamonn Holmes is to leave Sunrise to pursue other projects; Jeremy Thompson is to retire; whilst anchors like Mark Longhurst, Martin Stanford, and Andrew Wilson have already left. Is this all down to the ridiculous price that Sky Sports had to pay for the over-rated English Premier League football rights, and is this now even impacting on Sky News and other non-sporting parts of the operation? I know for a fact from old colleagues that people at Sky Sports are not happy about losing other sports events to pay for the football, with the US Open tennis a good example at the moment. Having said that, as a tennis nut, I've found Eurosport's coverage and excellent array of commentators to be vastly superior to that what Sky could deliver, and they've treated the tournament like a Wimbledon fortnight. Well done to them, as I've enjoyed listening to the likes of John McEnroe, Pat Cash, and Mats Wilander, which Sky could never match or compete with, and we’ve not had to put up with endless Sky programming propaganda.

Friday 9th September 2016

Athletics: Great North Run Sunday 11 September 9.30am-1.30pm BBC ONE Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the 2016 Great North Run. Now in its 36th year, the world’s leading half marathon has grown from 12,000 on the start line in 1981 to 57,000 entries. The course starts in Newcastle and stretches 13.1 miles to the finish at South Shields, taking in iconic sights such as the Tyne Bridge on its way. In 2014, the Great North Run made history as the first official athletics event in the world to welcome its millionth finisher. This year the organisers are trying to set a world record for the number of nationalities taking part in a mass participation running event. Leading the elite run-

ners will be Mo Farah, fresh from retaining his 5000 and 10,000m Olympic titles in Rio. Mo will be aiming for a hattrick of Great North titles, having won in 2014 and 2015. Lining up alongside Mo will be a strong international field hoping to end his grip on the title. The women’s race sees former world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya against a field that includes her compatriot and 2013 Great North Run winner Priscah Jeptoo, and Britain’s former European Cross Country Champion Gemma Steel. Steel has finished runner-up the past two years. The Great North Run is nothing without the mass runners, many of whom will be raising money for causes close to them and we will hear some of those stories during the programme as well as bringing live updates from out on the course with Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson. Commentary comes from Steve Cram, Brendan Foster and P a u l a Radcliffe.

9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies

Tuesday 13 September 9.00pm-10.00pm ITV “We’ve been begging our Government for 15 years… and we’re told it’s classified, top secret, you can’t know more details about the death of your Dad.” - Brett Eagleson, whose father Bruce died in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks Fifteen years after 9/11, this new documentary for ITV investigates serious concerns that the real story surrounding that fateful day is yet to be told. Ever since the attacks, conspiracy theories - some credible and some wacky have persisted about what actually took place. Dylan Avery, who made ‘Loose Change,’ a documentary that questioned many of the official explanations about 9/11, tells the programme that many of the issues he raised have still not been adequately explained. But aside from these theories, the documentary asks how much is still to be revealed about the events of that day. It contains allegations from victims' families that the US administration has put its relationship with

Saudi Arabia above the lives of their loved ones, and from former insiders who say how they believe the attacks could have been prevented and that mistakes made by the various intelligence agencies have been buried to protect them from further criticism. Jimmy Walter’s explanation for the collapse of the Twin Towers is that they were brought down by explosives and the images of the planes crashing into the buildings were computer graphics. He believes the US government had plenty of reasons for orchestrating such an attack. He says: “The military was getting their funding cut, the CIA was getting their funding cut." Dylan Avery’s Loose Change documentary attracted millions of viewers on YouTube, and he accepts now that some of his earlier views have changed. In recent versions of his film Dylan has removed some more extreme claims such as passengers being offloaded from Flight 93 before it crashed. But he still believes that many of the questions posed by the film are as wholly relevant today.

Best Album of the Year 2016 Mercury Prize Live Thursday 15 September 9.00-10.00pm BBC FOUR In this hour long programme, Lauren Laverne hosts BBC Four’s Best Album of the Year 2016 - Mercury Prize Live from the awards ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo. This year, for the first time, the television programme will feature the announcement of six finalists from the shortlisted 12 albums - one of which has been chosen by public vote and the rest by the panel of judges who selected the shortlist and who will decide the ultimate winner of the Prize tonight. Lauren will introduce performances on stage, and the programme will also reflect back across 25 years of the Mercurys, marking this milestone anniversary of the prestigious Prize, and culminating in the thrilling moment the winner is announced live. Lauren Laverne says: “This is a brilliantly diverse list of albums vying for the title Mercury Prize ‘Album of the Year’. I’m excited to be involved again this year, revealing the shortlist in my 6 Music show and presenting the Awards live on BBC Four. I can’t wait - it’s going to be a wonderful night of music.” Prior to the BBC Four programme, BBC Red Button will feature an hour-long show from 8-9pm, fronted by BBC Radio 6 Music presenter, Shaun Keaveny, also at the Awards ceremony. It will showcase the music of all 12 of the shortlisted acts, featuring many of them performing on stage earlier in the evening. BBC Radio 6 Music will be covering the Mercury Prize live from 7-10pm on the night of the Awards. Presenters Nemone and Tom Ravenscroft will be bringing listeners rolling coverage of the event as the evening unfolds, building up to the moment the winner is announced live on air. And throughout the day, 6 Music will play tracks from previous Mercury Prize winners and celebrate the prize. BBC Music will be offering comprehensive Mercury Prize coverage across the website - at bbc.co.uk/music - and via the BBC Music app.

Friday 9th September 07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Eat Well for Less? 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Edge 14:45 Three Up, Two Down 15:15 Hi-De-Hi! 15:45 Yes, Minister 16:15 Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom 17:15 The Great Interior Design Challenge 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Debatable 19:30 20:30 A Question of Sport Make Me an Egghead Sue Barker hosts an Olympic celebration in this 20:00 Garden Rescue special edition of the popu- Charlie and the Rich brothlar sports quiz. Joining cap- ers are in Devizes tains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are four stars that 20:30 Great British Menu It brought home gold for is the head to head and the Great Britain in Rio chefs are cooking for judges Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith 21:00 EastEnders Pam and Matthew Fort and Les struggle to stay 21:00 Mastermind Quiz united

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip Pointless 18:15 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

21:30 Would I Lie to You? This week the guests joining Lee Mack and David Nadiya are Mitchell Hussain, Diane Morgan, Bob Mortimer and Michael Smiley 22:00 We Love Sitcom Four teams of celebrities test their knowledge of sitcoms in this one-off panel show presented by Ben Miller, with rounds including Name that Theme Tune, Guess the Unsung Sitcom Star and Mime it Like Mr Bean 23:00 News 23:35 New Tricks 00:35 Film - The Heist (14) 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:05 News

21:30 Gardeners’ World Monty is at Longmeadow giving advice on how to deal with unruly roses, taking cuttings of herbs and planting a new tree 22:30 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice It’s Bread Week, so Jo will be casting her eyes over the baked bread brought in by the audience 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Film Frances Ha (14) 01:25 Armando’s Tale of Charles Dickens 02:25 Question Time 03:25 Inside the Factory 04:25 Countryfile: The Summer Diaries 05:10 BBC Parliament on BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale The Dingles get some news about Belle 20:30 Coronation Street Concerns for David deepen 21:00 Countrywise Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin travel the length and breadth of Britain to discover the countryside’s hidden gems, natural wonders and great escapes. Ben heads out on a tour of the stunning Isles of Scilly with his guide Colin Taylor, the police sergeant in charge of this little part of the world, while Liz Bonnin is on the Dorset coast on to view some of the millions of birds that travel thousands of miles to reach these shores each spring

07:15 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:00 Live: Paralympic Games 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Paralympic Games Clare Balding presents highlights from Day 2 of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, including the best of last night’s finals in the velodrome, swimming pool and athletics stadium 21:00 The Last Leg Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are live in Rio with special guest Johnny Vegas for a comedic review of the highlights as the second day of the Paralympics are well underway. Plus, a special performance by sprinter Jonnie Peacock

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Stalking Elizabeth 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Arctic Icebreakers The story of the ships that break through ice Learn about four historic engineering breakthroughs that pushed icebreaking technology forward 21:00 The Cars That Made Britain Great A raft of celebrity faces take a drive down Memory Lane, sharing stories of being on the open road for the first time, featuring tales of freedom, love, hate, teenage rebellion and driving tests

22:00 Joanna Lumley’s Japan Joanna visits the city of Sapporo during the annual Snow Festival, visits the Fukushima exclusion zone and takes a ‘bullet train” to Tokyo

22:00 Live: Paralympic Games Clare Balding presents live coverage from the Rio Paralympics where it could be a Fantastic Friday for Britain, with no less than eight great chances for gold in the pool, at the Velodrome and on the track

22:00 Carry On Caravanning Lee, Mat and Jon take their cara-virgin friend Ben on his first caravanning holiday. Sunbed Jonny throws a Spanish fiesta-themed evening Imogen and Jonathan take their brand new imported Shasta caravan for a disastrous weekend in Sussex Laura and Andrea take their four kids on a cheap and cheerful family break to the Lake District

23:00 News 23:45 Film Doc Hollywood (12) 01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

02:00 Naked Attraction 02:55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:45 Fresh Meat 04:30 The Supervet

23:00 The Tube: Going Underground 00:05 Ice Road Truckers 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Police Interceptors

21:30 Coronation Street Lauren’s reign of fear is cut short by David

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In Emmerdale Belle becomes disorientated as life on the streets continues to take its toll. Still tormented by Ellie, Belle is struggling to survive in her current situation. Later, just as Lisa is starting to give up hope back at home, Belle collapses... Meanwhile, Vanessa surprises Tracy with a 90s-

Joanna begins a 2,000-mile journey across Japan in Hokkaido, where she meets one of the most important animals in Japanese culture, the red-crowned crane. She arrives in Sapporo during the middle of the annual Snow Festival and meets members of the local indigenous community, before travelling into the Fukushima exclusion zone and taking a bullet train from Nagano to Tokyo.

themed party for her birthday. The sisters are finally starting to get along, but for how long?

salon and finds Bethany alone, putting the frighteners on her once again.

Later, Vanessa picks Frank up from prison and tells him that he can stay with her, but only if he makes things up to Tracy. Although he agrees, Frank is only doing it for Vanessa’s sake. In Coronation Street, with Bethany suspended from school, David agrees to let her work in the salon for the day. As Bethany sweeps up, she pours her heart out to David and admits how much she misses Kylie. Soon afterwards, Lauren calls in the

When David returns and interrupts, he makes out to Lauren that it’s time they all buried the hatchet. He sends Bethany out for coffees and insists Lauren must have a free hair do. As a delighted Lauren settles back for a blow dry, David has a sinister plan in mind...

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (15) 00:05 Family Guy 01:05 American Dad 02:05 Two and a Half Men 02:30 The Vampire Diaries ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 13:00 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:05 Wycliffe 01:15 Film Something’s Gotta Give (12) ITV4 07:00 Football Rivalries 07:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Chase 08:55 The Sweeney 09:55 Ironside 11:00 Storage Wars New York 11:30 Cycling 16:30 Storage Wars New York 17:00 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars New York 20:00 Cycling 22:00 Film - The Living Daylights (PG) 00:45 Film - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack In the second episode, chopping a chunk out of Lauren’s hair, David tells her that if she ever bullies Bethany again, it’ll be her throat next time. Threatening to call the police, Lauren flees the salon and is scared witless. Gemma watches her go. When Bethany realises what David has done to Lauren, she fears that he’s made matters much worse. Sure enough, the police soon call at the salon and question David over Lauren’s allegations. David makes out that Lauren booked a haircut but changed her mind half way through. When

Gemma backs him up, will the police accept his story? Back at the Platts’, David assures Gail that he’s binned the blood stained hoodie and is determined to move on with his life. However, David isn’t being entirely honest – he’s set up a fake profile online and sends a friend request to Macca... In Eastenders, Paul’s wake takes place at the Queen Vic, but the trouble for the Cokers isn’t over. Pam gets upset when Les’s speech in tribute of his grandson seems cold and unemotional, so she

rebukes him for the way he’s handling the situation. As the rift between the Cokers comes to a head, Pam has a surprising suggestion for how they can get through this. Meanwhile, Johnny starts to wonder whether he should have attended the funeral, but Linda assures him that Ben would understand why he couldn’t face it.

Saturday 10th September

6 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Athletics 15:15 Athletics 17:15 Final Score 18:10 News 18:30 Film - Toy Story 2 (U)

07:10 Film - Annie Oakley (U) 08:40 Film - Best of the Badmen (12) 10:00 Border Country: The Story of Britain’s Lost Middleland 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Lost Land of the Tiger 13:00 Great British Menu 13:30 Great British Menu 14:00 Bargain Hunt 14:45 Film - That’s Entertainment! 3 (U) 16:35 Flog It 17:15 The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken and Egg 18:15 Gardeners’ World 19:15 The Great British Bake Off 19:45 Dad’s Army

20:00 Pointless Celebrities Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present as famous faces take part in the general knowledge quiz in which they try to come up with the least likely correct answers to a series of questions posed to members of the public 20:15 Last Night of the Proms Katie Derham pres20:50 The National ents live from the Royal Lottery Live Gaby Roslin Albert Hall as the Last Night presents the draw performances get under way 21:00 Casualty The aftermath of Connie’s car crash continues to give the staff of 21:50 You Have Been Holby’s ED cause for con- Watching David Croft This documentary pays tribute cern to the great screenwriter, 21:50 Last Night of the with contributions from Proms Katie Derham friends, family and colremains at the Royal Albert leagues, and clips from Hall for the second half of many of his shows. the BBC’s televised coverNarrated by Dilly Barlow age of the Last Night 23:30 News 23:50 Match of the Day 01:20 Reggie Yates: Touchdown USA 02:05 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:10 News

22:50 QI XL 23:35 Film Exhibition (15) 01:15 Film Frenzy (18) 03:05 Film Elephant White (18) 04:45 This is BBC Two

07:10 Gillette World Sport 07:35 Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest 08:05 Motorsport 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Frasier 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Simpsons 14:00 Paralympics 2016 Live 20:00 Go for It Stephen 20:00 News Mulhern presents the talent-based game show in 20:30 Paralympics 2016 which members of the pub- Action from day three of the lic are given a chance to Games in Rio demonstrate their unique and highly unusual - skills 21:00 The Last Leg Power-lifter Ali Jawad, 21:00 The X Factor sprinter Jonnie Peacock Sharon , Nicole , Louis and and comedian Stephan Simon gather for the penul- Mangan joins Adam Hills, timate round of room audi- Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker for a light-hearted tions preview of the third day of 22:00 Newzoids Satirical the Rio 2016 Paralympic sketch show blending tradi- Games tional puppetry and anima22:00 Paralympics 2016 tion Live Jonathan Edwards 22:30 The Jonathan Ross and Clare Balding present Show Jonathan chats with continued live coverage on Oscar-winning actress day three of the Games in Renee Zellweger and Rio. ParalympicsGB athletGrey’s Anatomy heart-throb ics stars Hannah Cockroft, Ballard and Patrick Dempsey. Also Graeme making an appearance are Richard Whitehead all actor, director and producer compete in their respective John Malkovich, and events at the Olympic actress and comedienne Stadium Aisling Bea. 02:00 Gogglebox 02:55 Location, 23:30 News 23:45 Film - Location, United 93 (15) 01:40 Location 03:50 Hollyoaks 05:55 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, Omnibus She Wrote 04:50 Superfoods: The Real Story Nightscreen

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Columbo 13:50 News 14:00 Tipping Point 15:00 The Chase 16:00 Pick Me 17:00 The X Factor 18:00 Ninja Warrior 19:00 News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed

07:00 Milkshake 09:25 The Fairly Odd Parents 10:00 The Saturday Show Live 12:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 15:00 Police Interceptors 16:00 Rookies and Raids: Police Interceptors Special 17:00 Police Interceptors 18:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 20:05 NCIS: Los Angeles Sam and Callen investigate when five men wearing US Marine uniforms are found dead in a warehouse and discover they were killed by a lethal toxin that could be used as a bioweapon 21:00 NCIS A childhood friend of Gibbs’ dead daughter is stalked by a marine who recently returned from Iraq, and asks the agent for help 21:55 News 22:00 Football highlights from games, including Norwich City v Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic, and Wo l v e r h a m p t o n Wanderers v Burton Albion 23:00 Football on 5 23:30 The Cars That Made Britain Great 00:30 Impractical Jokers UK 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Autopsy

13:20 The Xtra Factor Live 14:20 Ninja Warrior 15:25 Totally You’ve Been Framed! Gold 16:30 Film Looney Tunes: Back in Action (PG) 18:20 Film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (PG) 20:10 Film - The Waterboy (12) 22:00 The Xtra Factor Live 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 01:20 American Dad! 02:15 Mom ITV3 12:50 Film - Casablanca 14:55 Midsomer Murders 21:00 Doc Martin 00:00 Lewis 02:00 You’re Only Young Twice ITV4 12:55 Cycling 18:00 Storage Wars 18:55 The Chase: Celebrity Special 20:00 Cycling 22:00 The Specialist 00:15 Film Maximum Conviction (15) 02:20 Cycling 03:15 Hell on Wheels

09:00 The Weekend Mix

Sunday 11th September 07:15 A to Z of TV Gardening 08:00 Glorious Gardens From Above 08:45 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Countryfile 10:40 The Beechgrove Garden 11:10 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:45 Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 14:45 Great British Menu 16:15 Flog It 20:00 Countryfile Anita 17:00 Natural World 18:00 Rani explores Anglesey, The Story Of 19:00 navigating the notorious Athletics Menai Strait and Adam Henson meets contenders 20:00 York: New for One Man and His Dog, America’s Busiest City which celebrates its 40th Ade looks into local apple production and Anita visits anniversary this year a cattle farm that supplies 21:00 Antiques the region’s steakhouses Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents a second visit to 21:00 Scotland and the Battle for Britain The first Audley House, Essex of two programme looks the shift in power 22:00 Poldark The election back overoccurred since the has results are announced, with that 1950s Unwin tied for the second seat - but the announceHorizon Special ment provokes public fury 22:00 Jimmy Carr takes over in a and he is attacked by an special episode, turning it angry mob into a chat show with eminent scientists as guests 23:00 News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 00:20 The 23:00 23:30 Fleabag Women’s Football Show Murder in Successville 00:45 Film - Edge of 00:00 Absolutely Fashion Darkness (15) 02:30 01:00 Film - Point Blank Weather for the Week (15) 02:20 Countryfile Ahead 02:35 News 03:15 Holby City

07:00 Breakfast 08:00 Match of the Day 09:30 The Andrew Marr Show 10:30 Athletics 14:30 News 14:45 Eat Well for Less 15:45 Points of View 16:00 Ingenious Animals 17:00 The Great British Bake Off 18:00 Lifeline 18:10 Songs of Praise 18:45 Pointless 19:35 News

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Chopping Block 13:20 News 13:30 Judge Rinder 14:30 Midsomer Murders 16:30 Victoria 17:30 The X Factor 18:30 Doc Martin 19:30 News 20:00 The Chase Celebrity Special Bradley Walsh presents as contestants Colin Baker, David Weir, Chelsee Healey and Alex Horne pit their wits against ruthless quiz genius the Chaser

07:15 Shipping Wars USA 07:40 Motorsport 08:10 King of Queens 09:00 Frasier 10:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:00 Sunday Brunch 14:00 Paralympics 2016 Live 20:00 News 20:30 Paralympics 2016 Action from day four of the Games in Rio

21:00 The Last Leg Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined on day four of the games by comedian Johnny Vegas and Paralympic cyclists 21:00 The X Factor The Jody Cundy and Jon-Allan final stage of the room audi- Butterworth tions, as more would-be contestants find them- 22:00 Paralympics 2016 selves face to face with Live Clare Balding introjudges Simon , Sharon , duces continued coverage Louis and Nicole in a very on day four of the Games in personal setting Rio. The main focal point will once again be the 22:00 Victoria Prince Olympic Stadium, as two of Albert arrives in England for the stars of London 2012 the first time, and he and hope to compete for Victoria take an instant dis- medals once again. ‘Blade like to each other in an awk- runner’ Richard Whitehead ward first encounter. will be expected to line up However, their disdain for the T42 200m, which he quickly passes and an won in London attraction grows between them 02:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? 02:55 The 23:05 News 23:20 Slow World’s Weirdest Weather Train Through Africa 00:20 03:50 Phil Spencer: Secret Rugby Highlights 01:15 Agent 04:45 Countdown Jackpot 04:00 Motorsport 05:30 Superfoods: The Real Story UK 04:50 Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 The Fairly Odd Parents 11:30 Football 13:00 Fail Army 13:30 Now That’s Funny 14:30 Film - Fly Me to the Moon (PG) 16:05 Film - Bewitched (PG) 17:55 Film - Made of Honour (12) 20:00 First Day at Big School Documentary following a class of four-yearold children during their first week of school as they connect with their new surroundings and each other 20:55 News 21:00 Mysteries of the Triangle Bermuda Documentary about the area of the north Atlantic between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda where it is alleged many boats and aeroplanes have gone missing 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away Agents Stewart and Iain head to Manchester, where a landlord is owed £8,000 in rent arrears and has already called for police back-up 23:00 The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s 01:50 Lip Sync Battle 02:15 Super Casino 04:10 Secrets of the SAS

13:00 The X Factor 14:00 The Xtra Factor Live 15:00 You’ve Been Framed 15:45 Film - Horrid Henry: The Movie (U) 17:35 Film Hotel for Dogs (U) 19:30 The Mummy (U) 22:00 The Xtra Factor Live 23:00 Family Guy 00:55 American Dad ITV3 13:35 Bertie and Elizabeth 15:40 Columbo 17:45 Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory 20:00 Foyle’s War 22:00 Neil Diamond: One Night Only 23:15 Film - Out of Sight (15) 01:40 Wire in the Blood ITV4 13:00 Cycling 18:00 Goals of the 80’s 18:15 Storage Wars 18:45 Film - Shalako (PG) 21:00 Cycling 22:00 Rugby 23:00 Cycling 00:00 Film - United 93 (15) 02:10 Hell on Wheels (PG)

09:00 The Weekend Mix

Monday 12th September

8 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders Patrick and Carmel grow concerned about Denise 21:30 Panorama Wendy Bendel embarks on a highly personal journey to investigate the dangers posed by fixed odds betting terminals, found in many bookmakers across the UK after her partner killed himself after struggling with a 20-year gambling addiction. 22:00 Crimewatch Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley present the show live from the location of one of the UK’s biggest unsolved cases. Featuring a report on the recent rise in hate crime following the EU referendum and a look at how a murderer was brought to justice after 31 years on the run. The Crimewatch Update programme has been replaced with a new live digital platform linked to the show's website. 23:00 News 23:45 The National Lottery Stars 2016 00:35 Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 01:20 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:25 News

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Kate Humble: My Sheepdog and Me 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Athletics 15:00 Three Up, Two Down 15:25 Hi-De-Hi 15:55 Yes, Minister 16:25 The Great Rift 17:15 Great Interior Design Challenge 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Debatable 19:30 Make Me an Egghead

20:00 Garden Rescue Charlie Dimmock and Dave and Harry Rich are in Hereford, where they come up with ideas to transform a back garden for a family that has four generations living in the same house

21:00 Celebrity Home Secrets Janet StreetPorter visits her former home in London, sharing memories and secrets from her time there She also reveals what she most enjoys doing in her current Yorkshire residence

20:30 Great British Menu The first of the North West region heats 21:00 University Challenge Quiz 21:30 Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell welcomes three wrestling fans and a trio from Clare College, Cambridge 22:00 Ripper Street Jackson feels the pressure as a murder has links to a man who aided Long Susan’s escape from Newgate 23:00 Live at the Apollo 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 01:15 The Great British Bake Off 02:15 The Chronicles of Nadiya 03:15 BBC Parliament on BBC2 04:15 This is BBC Two

20:00 Emmerdale Lisa is left heartbroken 20:30 Coronation Street Caz makes a move on Maria

21:30 Coronation Street Maria innocently fuels Caz’s deranged fantasy

22:00 Cold Feet As Pete chauffeurs the ‘happy’ couple away from the wedding venue Adam reveals that he’s changed his mind about starting a future together in Singapore His son Matthew needs him in Manchester Under pressure from his boss, David continues to try and impress Adam’s father-inlaw, millionaire businessman, Eddie Zubayr, even enlisting the help of exwife Karen, whom Eddie clearly has designs on

22:00 Paralympics 2016 Live Clare Balding presents the concluding coverage of day five from Rio, where Ellie Simmonds and Sascha Kindred are both expected to be challenging for gold in their respective 200m individual medley races at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Great Britain will also hope to be in contention for a medal in the boccia, and Great Britain face USA in wheelchair basketball. Meanwhile, Jonathan Edwards introduces the action at the Olympic Stadium

23:00 News 23:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:45 Newzoids 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 Nightscreen

02:00 Too Posh to Parent 02:55 Grand Designs 03:50 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 04:45 Food Unwrapped

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Fight for Life: Ultimate Legacy 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Aircrash: Terror in the Sky Documentary investigating the events of June 8 1983, when pilots of Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 were forced to make an emergency landing due to damage to the fuselage from the loss of a propeller 21:00 Police Interceptors The firearms squad goes after a suspect who is believed to own a large number of weapons, a runaway standing on top of a building pelts the officers with roof tiles, other officers arrest a man who committed an assault in a supermarket and a car thief manages to give Dicko the slip, only to run straight into Paul. 22:00 Secrets of the SAS Colin Maclachlan, a former SAS operative, describes a harrowing mission he undertook in Iraq in 2005, in the immediate aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s capture 23:00 Tattoo Disasters 00:05 Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons 01:05 Gangland 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 05:00 Now That’s Funny

DON´T MISS BRITISH SITCOM: 60 YEARS OF LAUGHING AT OURSELVES

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In Emmerdale, Belle is now in hospital but remains in a bad way as she continues to be haunted by voices. Later, a psychiatrist tells Belle's loved ones that she's being sectioned. How will Zak and Lisa feel when Bailey suggests that Belle might have schizophrenia? Meanwhile, Vanessa still

Documentary exploring the history of the British TV sitcom, from Hancock’s Half Hour in the 1950s to the present day, revealing the inspiration behind some of the most enduring characters and how comedy has reflected changing attitudes in society. Narrated by Rebecca Front, and featuring contributions from writers and actors including Steve Coogan, Richard Curtis, James Corden, Graham Linehan, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

hasn't told Tracy that Frank is moving in and braces herself as she prepares to reveal the news. Tracy also offers to throw Johnny a birthday party, but she's mortified when the clown she has booked turns out to be a stripper. Elsewhere, Aaron gets an offer to learn export trade in France. Robert is pleased by the news and thinks they should go away together, but Liv could throw a spanner in the works when it's revealed that she's in trouble at school. In Coronation Street, Maria reveals that Aidan has got Caz an interview for a job at a local factory. A grateful Caz instinctively kisses her on the lips, but

Maria is confused by the gesture.

At the same time, Kate is pleased when Aidan reveals that he's trying to find Caz a job to get rid of her. However, when Aidan's contact Vanessa interviews Caz and reveals that the job is based in Newcastle, Caz insists that she can't leave Weatherfield and turns down the offer. As the day continues,

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 23:00 American Dad 00:00 Family Guy 00:30 The Cleveland Show 01:30 Two and a Half Men 02:25 The Vampire Diaries ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 Murder, She Wrote 13:00 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Wycliffe 22:00 Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:05 Liverpool 1 01:15 Law and Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Magnum, PI 07:50 The Chase 08:40 The Sweeney 09:40 Ironside 10:45 Minder 11:50 Magnum, PI 12:50 The Chase 13:50 Cycling 15:55 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars New York 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Motogp Highlights 22:00 Goodwood Classic Cars 23:00 The Motorsport Mavericks 00:00 Bundesliga 01:00 Rugby Highlights 02:00 Motorsport UK 03:00 Minder

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack Maria admits to Audrey and Sophie that Caz kissed her earlier. They fall about laughing, branding her 'a magnet for the gays'. However, Maria is mortified to find Caz has walked in and heard every word. Caz is humiliated and flees. Not long afterwards, Maria tells Sophie that Caz has packed her bags and left. Fearing what she might do, Maria enlists reluctant Sophie to help search for her. In the second episode, Sophie and Maria track Caz down at a hostel. Maria persuades Caz to come home, then berates Aidan for tricking her about the Newcastle job. Maria also makes a dig about Aidan's honesty in

front of Eva, leaving him unnerved.

What news received?

Alone in the flat, Caz and Maria agree to forget about the kiss. Soon afterwards, Aidan tackles Maria about her earlier jibe in front of Eva. Maria agrees to drop it, but as Aidan warns her that Caz is trouble, she's clearly denying her burgeoning feelings for him.

Denise distracts herself from her pregnancy by setting up Masood and Carmel for a romantic dinner. Although Masood is due to go travelling soon, he admits to Carmel that he's now having second thoughts. This is clearly welcome news for Carmel, who's still holding out hope for a future with Masood. Sure enough, it's not long before they're sharing a kiss.

In Eastenders, with the Sylvie situation still causing tension, Sonia is keen to put herself and Bex first for once. She asks Ian if Bex can have a day off. but Ian's response is far from friendly. Later, things finally start to look up for Sonia when she gets a very exciting phone call.

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Tuesday 13th September 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Sonia shares her exciting news, but how will her friends and family react? Carmel gets a knock back and Jane forces Ian to discuss what he is hiding 21:00 Holby City Fletch is in the grip of a creeping paralysis after losing feeling in his feet, but Raf struggles to make the diagnosis that will save his life 22:00 One of Us With Rob in jail, Claire is still desperately hunting for answers and Adam and Grace’s wedding video could hold the key to the mystery. When Claire makes a shocking discovery, the truth is more terrible than she could ever have imagined and will change all of their lives forever 23:00 News 23:45 Stacey Dooley Investigates 00:40 Drugs Map of Britain 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 News

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Natural Born Winners 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Three Up, Two Down 15:15 Hi-De-Hi 15:45 Yes, Minister 16:15 The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart 17:15 Great Interior Design Challenge 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Debatable 19:30 Make Me an Egghead 20:00 Money for Nothing Sarah is in Walsall where she sifts through the junk in search of two items that can be transformed 20:30 Great British Menu The chefs produce fishbased dishes 21:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken and Egg Si and Dave set out to discover why French chickens have gained a reputation for being `the poshest birds on the planet’ 22:00 New York: America’s Busiest City Behind the scenes with the team who look after all 843 acres of Central Park revealing the hidden systems and organisational miracles that keep the world's busiest urban park clean and green. 23:00 Later Live with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 NFL 01:05 Scotland and the Battle for Britain 02:05 An Hour to Save Your Life 03:05 Class of ‘92 04:05 BBC Parliament on BBC2 05:05 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale The Dingles are horrified by some news 20:30 Fishing Impossible The guys head to the Bahamas in search of the invasive lionfish, highly venomous creatures which are wreaking havoc on native species 21:00 Neighbourhood Nightmares The changing face of the nightmare neighbour, from rampaging wild boars to opportunistic neighbours who will buy up your front lawn without you knowing it This documentary hears from people who have to put up with the stench of a 24/7 abattoir and the shock of seeing a block of flats thrown up at the bottom of their garden 22:00 9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies Victims’ relatives, a senior politician and people working inside the intelligence agencies at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks discuss their belief of a coverup 23:00 News 23:40 The Nation’s Favourite Carpenters Song 01:10 Murder, She Wrote 02:00 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

9 06:55 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine Champion of Champions 14:00 Paralympics 2016 Live 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Paralympics 2016 Action from day six so far, along with last night’s finals in the pool and on the track and the best of today’s events 21:00 The Last Leg Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker are joined by comedian Katherine Ryan for another light-hearted round-up of the Rio Paralympics 22:00 Paralympics 2016 Live Clare Balding and Jonathan Edwards introduce continued coverage on day six of the Games in Rio. Assuming he qualified earlier in the day, David Weir will be continuing his T54 1500m campaign at the Olympic Stadium, with his main competition likely to come from arch-rival Marcel Hug whilst Scotland's Libby Clegg and Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina are set to face off in the 200m sprint for visually impaired athletes 02:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 02:55 KOTV Boxing Weekly 03:20 Gillette World Sport 03:50 Motorsport 04:15 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 First Day at Big School 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Stranger in an Amish Town 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle Documentary about the area of the north Atlantic between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda where it is alleged many boats and aeroplanes have gone missing 21:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies An inspector is called to a property where a terrified terrier-cross has a nasty flea infestation, in Birmingham, one of his colleagues discovers a dog with a painful skin condition 22:00 Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford return to shed more light on the lives of the super-rich This time, they take their investigation beyond British shores to meet some of the wealthiest people on the planet 23:00 The Hotel Inspector Returns 00:05 On Benefits 01:05 Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 Undercover: Nailing the Fraudsters 05:00 Witches: A Century of Murder

DON´T MISS 9/11: TRUTH, LIES & CONSPIRACIES

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In Emmerdale, Tracy is furious when she sees Frank and Vanessa together at the pub. Frank tries to get out of the situation by pretending to faint. Tracy's anger only gets worse when she overhears Frank telling Vanessa that she's all he cares about. Tracy puts a plan into action to make her dad suffer, but what does she

Victims’ relatives, a senior politician and people working inside the intelligence agencies at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks discuss their belief of a cover-up. Ever since the atrocities, the conspiracy theories some credible, some downright wacky - have been claimed and counterclaimed, but 15 years later serious concerns remain that the real story surrounding that fateful day is yet to be told, as polls reveal that half of Americans still don’t think they’ve been told the whole story.

have up her sleeve?

after Liv.

Meanwhile, life gets even worse for the Dingles when it's revealed that the doctors want to move Belle down to a unit in Surrey. Lisa decides to look into the possibility of checking Belle into a private clinic which is closer to home.

In Eastenders, Sonia has been offered a new job away from Albert Square. It's clear that she's hoping for a completely clean break as she doesn't want Tina to come with her.

Elsewhere, Kerry tells Ross that she wants to come clean with Dan. When Dan overhears some of the conversation, he realises she's hiding something from him. Also today, Aaron heads to France alone - leaving Robert and Chas to look

As Sonia starts to solidify her plans, it's decided that Bex would stay with Stacey and Martin if she goes ahead with the move. However, when Sonia shares her intentions, Tina

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (15) 00:10 Family Guy 01:10 American Dad 02:10 Two and a Half Men 02:35 Celebrity Juice ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:50 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:05 The Jury 02:05 Law and Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Magnum, PI 07:50 The Chase 08:40 The Sweeney 09:45 Ironside 10:50 Minder 11:55 Magnum, PI 12:55 The Chase 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:55 Storage Wars New York 15:50 The Sweeney 16:50 Minder 17:55 Ironside 19:00 Motogp Highlights 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:55 Mr Bean 22:00 Goodwood Revival 23:00 Film - Inside Man (15) 01:30 Film - The Boat That Rocked (15)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack jumps to the conclusion that she and Sylvie would make the move with her. How long will it be before the truth dawns on Tina? There's also yet another dilemma for Sonia when Martin claims that she's being selfish by leaving Bex behind. With so much at stake, what will Sonia decide to do? In Holby City, recuperating after his attack, Fletch falls out of bed in the night. When he subsequently loses feeling in his feet and legs, Raf is increasingly alarmed. He asks Guy to check Fletch over, but Guy is in the middle of a very delicate procedure.

In the meantime, Raf and Bernie do a lumbar puncture on Fletch and when he doesn't feel the needle, Fletch is terrified. Raf urges Fletch to stay optimistic, but in a heartbreaking moment, Fletch asks Raf to look after his kids if anything happens to him.

Later, Bernie finds Raf outside, despairing about Fletch's condition. He fears they are running out of time to make a diagno-

sis, but will he make a breakthrough before it's too late? Meanwhile, Jasmine wants to know when Ollie will tell Zosia they are together. Ollie tries to broach the subject with Zosia, but he finds it tricky. Later, Ollie congratulates Zosia on a successful performance in theatre and wonders if she remembers how intense it was when they first started seeing each other. This leaves her thinking he wants to revive their relationship. However, when Jasmine drags Ollie into a store room for an illicit snog, Zosia catches them.

CODE CRACKER Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents G and 25 represents W, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

CRYTPIC CLUES

QUICKIE

Across 1 Somewhat influenced with dread if one gets married (4) 3 Formal agreement with shrink (8) 9 Professional examination objection (7) 10 Carpenter’s tool seen in interplanetary space (5) 11 Say! It’s time for Herb (5) 12 A woman from New York is out of the country (6) 14 Lets us create a scuffle (6) 16 Country view missing gold (6) 19 Take a chance on a doctor getting caught in a strong wind (6) old Egg-shaped 21 empty space (5) 24 French and Germans agree to create advisory board (5) 25 An opening of rice I made (7) 26 Mix two gins for a stir in America (4,4) 27 Bug in magnate’s programme (4) STANDARD CLUES

Across 1 Damp (5) 4 Centre (5) 7 Terrifying dream (9) 8 Unwell (4) 10 Pugilist (5) 12 Stately court dance (6) 13 Remnant (4) 16 Come to an end (9) 18 Mountainous (5) 19 Indications (5)

Down 1 Negative amount (5) 2 Pub (3) 3 Roman garment (4) 4 Sheep meat (6) 5 Vernacular (7) 6 Digits of the foot (4) 9 Be in charge of (7) 11 Confirm (6) 12 Competition (5) 14 Foundation (5) 15 Lowest singing voice (4) 17 Bird product (3)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Cages, 4 Facts, 6 Era, 7 Prove, 8 Stiff, 10 Kit, 12 Aunt, 14 Oars, 15 Award, 16 Slap, 18 Date, 20 Gym, 22 Snail, 23 Edges, 24 Use, 25 Dense, 26 Throw. Down: 2 Grown, 3 Seek, 4 Fast, 5 China, 7 Praises, 9 Fastens, 11 Italy, 13 Tap, 14 Odd, 17 Again, 19 Anger, 20 Glue, 21 Meet.

Scribble Pad

Across 1 Reverential (4) 3 Agreement (8) 9 Complaint (7) 10 Flat surface (5) 11 Aromatic plant (5) 12 Overseas (6) 14 Brawl (6) 16 Central American country (6) 19 Put money on (6) 21 Elliptical (5) 24 Spirit board (5) 25 Opening (7) 26 New York prison (4,4) 27 Midge (4)

Down 1 A party leader has little desire for food (8) 2 One last scrawny tree (5) 4 Prohibit a desperado (6) 5 Get thinner and lighter (5) 6 A monk accommodating graduate in a state (7) 7 Supporters of course need hot drinks for the audience (4) Royal Cancel 8 Engineer’s ding-dong (6) 13 The dirtiest bidet was broken (8) 15 The marine creature is alone, sadly (3-4) 17 Fuss over Northern handsome Ireland’s youth (6) 18 Grumble about Ben catching a flightless bird (6) 20 Have the effrontery to make money (5) 22 It brings tears to your eyes on no one’s return (5) 23 Sticks the first pieces of roughcast on damp surface (4) Down 1 Hunger (8) 2 Jet black (5) 4 Forbid (6) 5 Get thinner (5) 6 US state (7) 7 Golf items (4) 8 Revoke (6) 13 Most lewd (8) 15 Marine mammal (3-4) 17 Handsome young man (6) 18 Lament (6) 20 Impudent aggressiveness (5) 22 Edible bulb (5) 23 Poles (4)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Incise, 4 Nicks, 8 Cures, 9 Rostrum, 10 Macrame, 11 Zone, 12 Lag, 14 Keen, 15 Away, 18 Sag, 21 Aura, 23 Red hair, 25 Nervous, 26 Nasty, 27 Harem, 28 Labour. Down: 1 Income, 2 Coracle, 3 Sustains, 4 Nest, 5 Cargo, 6 Summer, 7 Gruel, 13 Gardenia, 16 Alassio, 17 Launch, 19 Grass, 20 Prayer, 22 Rarer, 24 Loom.

Wordsearch

The aim of our Word Search puzzle is to find all the 33 words listed below hidden within the puzzle.

2 letter words Am As Do Ma Me So We 3 letter words Doe Dud Ion Not Par Pud Red Roe Roy Saw

Sir Son 4 letter words Airs Anis Dirt Para Shaw 5 letter words Abeam Abhor Amass Balsa Basic Dinar Dolly Erase Metre Mores

Ounce Saint Scrim Snood Spasm Stare Steno Water 6 letter words Leaned Sonata 7 letter words Dongles Outgrow 8 letter words Creditor Earldoms

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 1 Celoso (7) 5 Pasos (5) 8 Barn (7) 9 Pearl (5) 10 Income (5) 11 Witness (7) 12 Arquero (6) 14 Deportes (6) 17 Albaricoque (7) 19 Ensalada (5) 22 Sheep (5) 23 Cuellos (7) (indicando Arriba 24 situación) (5) 25 Duchas (7) Down 1 To play (5)

2 Otra vez (5) 3 Manejar (máquina) (7) 4 Liso (terreno, superficie) (6) 5 Toads (5) 6 Más temprano (7) 7 Estaciones (partes del año) (7) 12 Poppy (7) 13 Postman (7) 15 Aisle (aeroplane, theatre) (7) 16 Palos (de poco grosor) (6) 18 Lesson (5) 20 Dejar (5) 21 Escritorios (muebles) (5)

Quiz Word

Across

3 What is another name for an automaton? (5)

7 What is the name of the king of the fairies in

4 According to Irish legend, which female spirit’s wailing

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? (6)

warns of a death in a house? (7)

8 What name is given to the upper surface of the mouth

5 In Greek mythology where was the abode of the spirits of

that separates the oral and nasal cavities? (6)

the dead? (5)

10 Which plant of the buttercup family typically has brightly

6 The powdered leaves of which tropical shrub is used as

coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves? (7)

a dye to colour the hair and decorate the body? (5)

11 What is the rearmost part of a ship known as? (5)

9 What name is given to a plant lasting for three seasons

12 What is the coloured portion of the eye called? (4)

or more? (9)

13 What name is given to a conduit for carrying off drainage

14 What is the name of the bass woodwind instrument of

water and waste matter? (5)

the oboe family, with a doubled-back tube over four feet

17 What word means ‘to be persistently and disturbingly

long, played with a double reed? (7)

present, especially in someone’s mind’? (5)

15 What name is given to a simple story used to illustrate a

18 What is the first name of the actress who starred as

moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels?

Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 film Titanic? (4)

(7)

22 Which US male vocal group’s hits include Back

16 What was the Roman name for the Isle of Wight? (6)

Stabbers and Love Train? (5)

19 In golf, what name is given to a score of one stroke over

23 Which 80s pop star’s real name is Stuart Goddard? (4,3)

par at a hole? (5)

24 Which form of punch is made of sweetened milk or

Down

20 Which ballroom dance that originated in Buenos Aires,

cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor? (3,3)

1 What was Admiral Nelson first name? (7)

is characterised by marked rhythms and postures and

25 What name is given to forms of words used as magical

2 Which is the first book of the Old Testament? (7)

abrupt pauses? (5) 21 What was the stage name of Adolph Arthur Marx? (5)

charms or incantations? (6)

SUDOKU

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH Every week we’ll be covering a different topic to help readers enlarge their Spanish vocabulary. This week we start with: Esta semana – Animales - This week - Animals

1. An emu cannot fly? 2. A Dowager is the widow of a peer or a baronet? 3. Julie Andrews was the original Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady? 4. Fleas are bloodsuckers? 5. Wyoming is on the Canadian border of the USA? 6. Two is a Prime number?

ANSWERS 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. True 5. False 6. True

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Across: 1 John Bull, 5 Closed, 10 Layer, 11 Digitalis, 12 Porcupine, 13 Rodeo, 14 Harare, 15 Silicon, 18 Aileron, 20 Behind, 22 Dacha, 24 Serengeti, 25 Isinglass, 26 Ibsen, 27 Kismet, 28 Hanger-on. ANSEWRS 1. Venezuela1.2.Gypsy A Spider 3. Tongue vitamin b 5.American Michael ANSEWRS Moth 2. K2 3.4.Bats 4. An Farraday 6. A Rhombus The First Processor 8. Chemist Named William H 7. Carothers 5. AMicro Spider 6. The Atom Black 10. The scut Bomb9.7.Electroencephalograph Breech Birth 8. Hay Fever 9. AnKnee OtterCap 10. 11. Bulimia 12. 13.Alexander LightningFleming 14. Radioactivity 15. Porcine 11. Rabies apple 12. 13. Gary Kasparov (Chess) 14. He Invented Cats Eyes

Down: 1 Jalopy, 2 Heyerdahl, 3 Bermuda Triangle, 4 Luddite, 6 Lateral thinking, 7 Salad, 8 Discount, 9 Aglets, 16 Confessor, 17 Baldrick, 19 Nassau, 20 Barista, 21 Finnan, 23 Chips.

LIEBRE OSO PAJARO PERRO PEZ RATA RATON TIBURON TIGRE TORTUGA VACA ZORRO

BALLENA BORREGO CABALLO CANGREJO CARACOL CERDO CONEJO CUCARACHA DELFIN ELEFANTE GATO LEON

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

gato, perro, caballo, raton, rata, cucaracha, leon, tigre, elefante, pajaro,

a. bird b. lion c. cat d. elephant e. cockroach f. dog g. horse i. rat j. tortoise k. mouse

Soduko

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

tortuga, conejo, vaca, borrego, cerdo, cangrejo, caracol, oso, tiburon, delfin,

l. tiger m. crab n. bear o. rabbit p. snail q. fox r. cow s. whale t. sheep u. hare

Span - Eng

21. 22. 23. 24.

ballena, pez, liebre, zorro.

v. fish w. pig x. shark z. dolphin

Answers: 1c, 2f, 3g, 4k, 5i, 6e, 7b, 8l, 9d, 10a, 11j, 12o, 13r, 14t, 15w, 16m, 17p, 18n, 19x, 20z, 21s, 22v, 23u, 24q

Corner Kidz TRUE OR FALSE?

OS OHV P B CA A A L CT K L K E A E OGQNHOI L OA UT CRRE HOE CDE E RA CA RRGV L E L A RB OT A L OE F OI T K L RE RNUG RGCRNNT OA A CE RGX OA RA A ORK B CZ CRA W OOT F B A RX A UNOT A R Z V E A J A Z UDCONE J O A L GA T OL Y B E V Y L Y X E UP DK NE L J I L X L I G CA NGRE J OOE T F B J U Z B N C ML OC A R A C I QY OE HZ UP P T P Y OHZ NA S V P V RT A P P QT GF A C

Quizword

Wednesday 14th September

07:00 Breakfast10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Fake Britain Matt Allwright investigates the conmen who are trying to get their hands on your money by using fakes, forgeries and frauds and shows you how to avoid being taken for a ride. This episode features the most sophisticated fake £2 coins ever seen from the one place you’d never expect a high street bank 21:00 The Great British Bake Off The fourth episode the amateur baking challenge 22:00 Our Girl Captain James and 2 Section are horrified when they hear about what has happened to Georgie, and it is not long before the situation takes a dramatic turn for the worse. The pressure is on as the team races against the clock 23:00 News 23:45 A Question of Sport 00:15 Room 101 00:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:00 News

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 The Hairy Builder 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 The Daily Politics 14:00 Lifeline 14:10 The Edge 14:55 Three Up, Two Down 15:25 Hi-De-Hi 15:55 Yes, Minister 16:25 The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart 17:15 Restoration Home 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Debatable 19:30 Make Me an Egghead 20:00 Money for Nothing Sarah rescues two items from being lost to the skip in Altrincham but has her work cut out with an eclectic collection of objects 20:30 Great British Menu It is the main course of the north west regional heat 21:00 Skies Above Britain Two aspiring air traffic controllers begin the rigorous three-year training course 22:00 Natural World Documentary following a pioneering team in Brazil as they track individual wild jaguars in order to gain new insights into their lives 23:00 People Just Do Nothing 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Horizon Special 01:15 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 02:15 Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy 03:15 BBC Parliament on BBC Two 04:15 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Tracy takes drastic action 20:30 Coronation Street Kirk is stunned to discover Beth’s big secret 21:00 All Star Mr and Mrs Phillip Schofield presents the game show in which three celebrity couples battle it out to see who knows the most about their other half in a bid to win up to 30,000 pounds for their chosen charity. The couples hoping to win are opera singer Paul Potts and his wife JulieAnn, EastEnders star Kellie Bright and her husband Paul and cricket ace Freddie Flintoff and his wife Rachael 22:00 DCI Banks What starts out as a missing persons case soon escalates into a kidnap and ransom - but when the perpetrators cleverly stay one step ahead of the police, it soon becomes clear that they are not average criminals 23:00 News 23:45 UEFA Champions League Highlights 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

06:55 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine Champion of Champions 14:00 Paralympics 2016 Live 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Paralympics 2016 Clare Balding has all the highlights from a packed 24 hours in Rio including 200m final for visually impaired sprinters; a distance at which GB’s Libby Clegg holds the current world record 21:00 The Last Leg Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker are joined by actor Stephen Mangan for an alternative look at the day’s events at the Paralympics 22:00 Paralympics 2016 Live Clare Balding and Jonathan Edwards present the final programme of live coverage on day seven of the Games in Rio. Various ParalympicsGB members are expected to challenge for medals in the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, including Claire Cashmore in the SB8 100m freestyle and Michael Jones in the S7 400m 02:00 First Dates 02:55 Film - Perrier’s Bounty (15) 04:20 Location, Location, Location 05:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film - Left to Die 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Stop! Roadworks Ahead Dave and his crew tackle one of the most pothole-pitted roads in Britain on a nightshift on the A338 in Dorset, while Mick deals with the collapse of a 60year-old drainpipe 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors Sherece, who sought help for extreme anxiety, discusses the death of her father when she was 14 and why she felt she had no one to talk to about it 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away Stewart and Elmor visit Nottingham to chase almost £8,000 owed by a car dealership to a dissatisfied customer, while on the Isle of Wight, Brian and Del try to collect £3,700 of unpaid estate agency fees 23:00 Undercover: Nailing the Fraudsters 00:05 Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words 01:05 Carry on Caravanning 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 Gangland 05:00 Now That’s Funny 05:45 Divine Designs

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Part one of two. The search for Xun Li, a missing devoted husband and father who has a successful property business, soon escalates into a kidnap and ransom case. However, with the perpetrators cleverly staying one step ahead of the police, it becomes clear that they are not dealing with average criminals. When it appears that the case is closed, Banks and the team are are faced with an unexpected turn of events. Crime drama, starring Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz and Jack Deam.

David about her revenge, how will he feel about what she's done? Meanwhile, Dan demands to know what Kerry is hiding from him.

In Emmerdale, when Eric searches for some missing money, Tracy suggests that Frank could be to blame. It doesn't take much convincing for Eric to suspect that Frank could be the culprit and it's not long before he's arrested. When Tracy confides in

to convince him not to go. Soon afterwards, a nervous Craig meets his dad Darryl at the prison. They get along well, until the visit ends and Darryl quietly asks Craig to smuggle in some drugs next time.

Elsewhere, Lisa is still determined to get Belle into a private clinic, but struggles to meet the £5,000-per-week price tag. Also today, Liv has her eye on a jeep at the scrapyard, while Priya isn't giving up on attracting buyers for the Mill. In Coronation Street, Kirk finds Craig catching a bus to the prison and fails

Craig is shocked that Darryl is just using him and refuses, saying he's no rival for Beth's husband Kirk. Darryl retaliates, spitefully revealing some home truths about Beth.

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:20 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen 23:00 Ibiza Weekender 00:00 Family Guy 01:00 American Dad 01:55 Two and a Half Men 02:25 Hell’s Kitchen ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:50 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 13:55 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:05 In Loving Memory 17:40 You’re Only Young Twice 18:15 George and Mildred 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Wycliffe 22:00 Million Dollar Princesses 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:05 Wire in the Blood 01:05 Wycliffe 02:10 Law and Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Magnum, PI 07:50 The Chase 08:40 The Sweeney 09:45 Ironside 10:50 Minder 11:50 Magnum, PI 12:55 The Chase 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 Storage Wars New York 15:50 The Sweeney 16:50 Minder 17:55 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars New York 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:25 British Superbike Championship Highlights 22:00 Goodwood Revival 23:00 Film - Senna (12) 01:15 Film - United 93 (15)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack Back at home Craig confronts Beth, dropping a bombshell that threatens to blow the family apart... Meanwhile, Billy orders Sean to retract his complaint to the bishop, but Sean continues to insist that he wasn't responsible. After a bitter slanging match, Sean's heartfelt words finally convince Billy that his accusation was false. Later, the bishop informs Billy that since Todd's presence at the vicarage is causing disquiet among the congregation, he must leave. Billy is disgusted at the injustice of being unable to have a proper

love life within the church. Elsewhere, Alex spends the night on Roy's living room floor as the sofa is too lumpy. Roy agrees to review the sleeping arrangements, but Cathy is disappointed when Roy

decides to purchase a sofa-bed for Alex, admitting to Anna that she'd love them to share a bed. Also today, Andy is frustrated when Steph cancels a night out with him to impress Robert.

Thursday 15th September 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Ben pushes forward with his plan 21:00 Ingenious Animals Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall is in Austria, where scientists are interpreting the howl of the wolf and asking if they deserve their ‘big bad’ reputation. Zoologist Lucy Cooke discovers the communication skills required to persuade a penguin raised by people to swim. Lucy also heads to the Bahamas, where new research claims to have found that sharks could be social, make friendships and even have personalities 22:00 The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs First of a two-part social experiment in which Dr Chris van Tulleken takes over part of a GP surgery and stops patients’ prescription pills 23:00 BBC 23:45 Question Time 00:45 Film - Rabbit Hole (12) 02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:15 News

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 The Edge 14:45 Three Up, Two Down 15:15 Hi-De-Hi 15:45 Yes, Minister 16:15 Wild Arabia 17:15 Restoration Home 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Debatable 19:30 Make Me an Egghead 20:00 Women’s Euro 2017 Qualifier: England v Estonia Live coverage of the women’s Euro 2017 qualifier between England and Estonia in Nottingham. England have secured their place at next year’s finals in the Netherlands but are aiming to finish top of their qualifying group and carry on their recent strong form which has made them one of the favourites for next summer’s tournament 22:00 Absolutely Fashion In the second episode of his two part series on British Vogue, Richard Macer goes behind the scenes to see how the British fashion bible celebrates their centenary year 23:00 The Premier League Football Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge 01:15 Panorama 01:45 New York: America’s Busiest City 02:45 Summer: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets 03:45 BBC Parliament on BBC Two 04:45 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Lisa is desperate 20:30 Tonight Murders, serious crimes and incidents involving people with mental illness seem to hit the headlines with frightening regularity. Aasmah Mir investigates whether they are being let down by a system that is not coping 21:00 Emmerdale Charity is aghast at Lisa’s plan 21:30 Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs Paul O’Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to meet more canine residents in need of a new home in this award-winning programme. 22:00 Inside Scotland Yard with Trevor Mcdonald Conclusion of a two-part documentary in which Trevor gains unprecedented access to the Metropolitan Police’s headquarters to look back at landmark investigations, as Scotland Yard moves to a new home 23:00 News 23:40 UEFA Europa League Highlights 00:55 Murder, She Wrote 01:45 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Film - A Trace of Danger (15) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

20:30 Paralympics 2016 Clare Balding presents highlights, including key moments from today’s wheelchair tennis and para-canoeing finals, and a look at last night’s swimming and athletics finals

20:00 Police Interceptors Jacko leads the firearms squad against a man believed to own numerous weapons, a runaway rains roof tiles onto interceptors from the top of a building and a suspected car thief gives Dicko the slip before running straight into Paul

21:00 The Last Leg Comedian Katherine Ryan joins Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker for more high jinks and alternative review from the Rio Paralympics 22:00 Paralympics 2016 Live Clare Balding presents a packed night of elite sport with GB’s women going for relay gold on land and in water. European champions over 100m, Sophie Hahn, Georgina Hermitage, Maria Lyle and Olivia Breen are favourites on the track, while over the same distance in the pool, GB are aiming to give USA and Australia a swim for their money 02:00 The Supervet 02:55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:50 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 04:45 Location, Location, Location 05:40 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

21:00 On Benefits: Breadline Brummies Meet a single mum who needs income support to help feed her children and a young man hoping to find a job to pay off his debts 22:00 Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 12-year-old Royston is an English Traveller who, when he is not working with his Dad laying patios, is in the gym training 23:00 Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 00:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 The Tube: Going Underground 05:00 Witches: A Century of Murder 05:45 Divine Designs

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In Emmerdale, with all other options exhausted, Charity offers to organise a robbery to get the money for Belle's private treatment, but Lisa insists it's too risky. Lachlan brings Lisa to see Chrissie in the hope that his mum can help, but the meeting doesn't

This episode goes back in history, examining both the 1911 Sidney Street siege and 1960s East End gang culture. Trevor meets the Teale brothers, who were close associates of the notorious Kray twins. Bobby Teale helped end Ronnie and Reggie Kray’s reign of terror by becoming a police informant. Norwell Roberts, the Met’s first black police officer, talks to Trevor about the racism he suffered in his first few years in the force. Trevor also gains access into the counter terrorism department, which houses deadly terrorist devices used in London, and Scotland Yard’s armoury - which houses the second largest collection of guns in the UK.

go to plan - leaving Lisa feeling worse than ever. However, when Lisa spots Chrissie's convertible outside, she makes a shocking plan...

Meanwhile, Tracy and David are arguing bitterly, so she tells him the wedding is off. Later, a guilty Tracy tells Eric what she did to Frank. Eric calls the police to fix the situation, but will he expose

Tracy's role in what happened? Elsewhere, Priya makes herself sick in the bathroom after receiving a ridiculously low offer for the Mill site. Also, Adam asks Liv to watch the scrapyard. In the second episode, Lisa asks Charity for help after putting her shocking plan into action, but will Charity want to be involved? Chas sparks a mystery of her own when she gives Lisa £5,000, but Charity has no idea where the

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 19:50 Totally You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Dating in the Dark 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad 01:40 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 Where the Heart is 09:40 The Royal 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 Murder, She Wrote 13:00 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Where the Heart is 17:20 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:25 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Wycliffe 01:45 Law and Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Magnum, PI 07:50 The Chase 08:40 The Sweeney 09:45 Ironside 10:50 Minder 11:50 Magnum, PI 12:55 The Chase 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:30 Pawn Stars 14:55 Storage Wars New York 15:50 The Sweeney 16:50 Minder 17:55 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars New York 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Fishing Impossible 22:00 Film The Living Daylights (PG) 00:45 Film - The Kingdom (15)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack

money has come from. Things go from bad to worse when Lisa realises she's too late - Belle has already been transported to the unit in Surrey. Later, when Liv thanks Chas for looking after the money she wants to buy the jeep with, why does Chas feel so guilty? Meanwhile, there's good news at last for Priya as Rishi is interested in investing into the Mill site, but her day takes an unsettling turn when she faints. When Leyla realises Priya's eating disorder has flared up again, Priya

confides in her friend about all of her problems. Elsewhere, Chrissie asks Victoria to cater for the launch, leaving Robert unsettled over her intentions.

her plans suddenly when Carmel gets drunk and she's forced to look after her. When Denise and Carmel talk about their problems, will any truths come to light?

Also, Tracy asks Eric to give her away if she does get married. In Eastenders, Denise strikes up an instant bond with her English teacher when she attends her first class. Denise even invites the teacher out for a drink, but she has to change

Meanwhile, Mick wants to take Linda's mind off the Ollie situation, so he makes big plans for the upcoming darts match at The Vic.

Food & Drink

Friday 9th September 2016

Courgette and marjoram gougères recipes You can freeze the scooped gougères on their trays and bake as needed. Just add 10 minutes to the baking time. Makes 12 50g courgettes, grated 1 tsp fine sea salt 300ml skimmed milk, plus 1 tbsp for egg wash 125g unsalted butter 140g plain flour 3 eggs, plus 1 for egg wash 100g gruyère, grated, plus extra for topping 1 tsp black pepper 1 tbsp fresh marjoram or oregano, chopped 30g parmesan Flaky sea salt, for topping 1 Toss the courgette in the salt. Put in a colander over a

bowl for at least an hour. You will lose about 10g in liquid. 2 Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Line two baking trays with parchment. 3 Place the milk and butter in a heavy-based saucepan. Warm on a medium heat until the butter melts. Bring to the boil. Add the flour; and stir well until the mixture forms a smooth paste and starts to coat the bottom of the pan. Remove from the heat. 4 Stir in 3 eggs, one by one, mixing until smooth after each addition. Add the courgette, grated gruyère and seasoning then stir well.

5 To make the egg wash, lightly beat the last egg with 1 tbsp milk. 6 Use a 6cm ice-cream scoop to portion balls of dough on to a baking tray 4cm apart. You will be able to fit 6 gougères on to each tray. Brush with the egg wash, then grate the parmesan over the top and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. 7 Bake for 45 minutes, or until the gougères are puffed up and have turned a deep golden colour. Pierce each gougère with a skewer to allow steam to escape. Serve warm, or allow to cool. But be prepared the flavours are amazing.

Baked Greek Fries recipe with feta cheese The secret in this delicious Greek fries recipe is nothing else than the topping!

Extra crispy, extra golden and extra delicious! These Greek homemade Greek fries recipe will surely become your newest favorite! A super simple recipe that will elevate your usual chips to a whole new level! It all started when I was in the process of making a Greek feast with friends and family. Greek salad was ready, and so were the gyros and pitas. The smell of the souvlaki grilling was making everybody super hungry. But something was missing.. Fries! Some good old fashioned fries would be good enough but not today! So I went ahead and made these delicious Greek fries with a twist!! What makes these fries “Greek”? Well nothing else than the earthy flavors used for the topping and seasoning; Greek ingredients that you will find in every mom’s kitchen. So let’s get started! Greek fries recipe – Fried vs. baked To prepare this Greek fries (chips) recipe you can either fry the potatoes or go healthier and bake them in

the oven. Baking the potatoes may be a little more time consuming but is much healthier and if you bake them the right way they will truly reward you. If you choose to bake your Greek fries try spreading some olive oil in the baking tray and pre-heat it in the oven, before adding the potatoes. This will stop the potatoes from sticking on the baking tray, which is a very common pitfall for when preparing baked fries. Also make sure to coat the potatoes well with olive oil to help them get that golden, crispy texture. If you choose to fry your Greek fries they will be a little less healthy but equally (or even more) delicious! You can fry them once or double fry them for crispier results. The secret in my delicious Greek fries recipe is nothing else than the topping! Go an get yourself some good quality Greek feta cheese, which will give them deliciously a bold flavour. Also add some chopped red onions and juicy tomatoes for that extra mediterranean twist. Those key ingredients

are very flavoursome on their own so remember to keep the seasoning sparse with just a sprinkle of dried oregano and a last minute squeeze of a lemon. Be careful if you choose to add extra salt, as feta cheese is already salty enough and remember you can’t undo an over seasoned dish! So go ahead give this baked Greek fries recipe try and enjoy with some good old fashioned chicken souvlaki aside! Ingredients 5 Russet potatoes, cut into strips 150g feta cheese (5 oz.) 1/2 red onion, chopped 1 tomato, diced juice of half a lemon 1 tsp dried oregano chopped parsley for garnish salt olive oil vegetable oil for frying (optional) Directions To make this super easy Greek fries recipe, start by preparing the potatoes. Wash and peel the potatoes and cut into strips. At first slice the potatoes lengthwise into 1/2 cm (1/4 inch)

slices and then cut each slice into strips. Place the potatoes in a large bowl with plenty of water to cover them. Now it’s time to make a decision. Greek fries can be either fried or baked (for a healthier version). If you choose to bake your Greek fries, then layer a large baking tray with parchment paper and pour in 2-3 tbsps of olive oil. Place the tray in the oven and preheat at 200C. As soon as your oven is well preheated, drain and dry the potatoes and remove the baking tray from the oven. Place the

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sheet and season with salt and dried oregano. Toss the potatoes around to get them coated with the oil (add some more oil if necessary) and layer them evenly on the baking sheet. Bake the potatoes for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on size, until golden and crispy. For the topping of the Greek fries use crumbled feta cheese, chopped red onions, and chopped tomatoes. Sprinkle with dried oregano and chopped parsley and squeeze over just a little bit lemon juice. Enjoy your Greek fries while still warm with some gyros and tzatziki sauce!

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Dessert Cherry Crumble

How to eat: Hummus

Hummus is a centuries-old Arab dish – nobody owns it, it belongs to the region

Ingredients

Serves: 8 625g sour (morello) cherries, stones removed 300g caster sugar 4 tablespoons plain flour 200g plain flour 80g porridge oats 150g dark brown soft sugar 225g butter

Tomato and berry salad with herbs Consider this more of a flowering, such as nasguide than a recipe, turtium, torn and though – you should chopped change it as the seasons 100g stale bread change, and use the 1 tbsp butter herbs you prefer. The Salt and pepper to taste dressing is wonderTo make ful with lots of salt h e ads and vegetables that are raw, roasted, steamed or Fresh grilled, so make a acidic b tomatoes and larger batch and swee errie Tomato s are a perfec tly use it liberally. tm and berr y salad atch. Serves 4 as part breadcru with m bs and of a sharing herbs menu 2 tbsp sherry or balsamic vinegar dressing, com1 tbsp Japanese soy bine the vinegar, soy sauce sauce and oil and refrig4 tbsp extra-virgin olive erate. oil Pulse the bread in a food 300g of very fresh ripe processor until you have heirloom and seasonal some evenly sized tomatoes, sliced and cut pieces. Gently toast into chunks them in a hot pan for a 200g of any of the follow- couple of minutes, add ing seasonal berries: the butter and keep raspberries, blackber- toasting until they are ries, gooseberries, red- golden. Season with salt currants, blueberries, and pepper and let them white currants, chopped cool. or left whole depending Mix the tomatoes and the on size berries with the herbs Fresh herbs: basil, dill, and the dressing. tarragon, parsley, Transfer to a serving chervil, chives and any plate and scatter with the herbs that you find still breadcrumbs.

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Method Prep:15min › Cook:45min › Ready in:1hr Preheat the oven to 190 C / Gas 5. In a large bowl, combine cherries, 300g caster sugar and 4 tablespoons flour. Pour into 22x33cm baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine remaining flour, oats and brown sugar. Rub in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over cherries. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until topping is golden brown.

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There is a lot going on in hummus, it is, variously, creamy, nutty, lemony, garlicky, savoury, salty (perhaps too salty). Therefore, it is essential to choose dipping implements that offer either a) a neutral carbohydrate base for the hummus or b) a clearly complementary flavour to it (sweet carrots being a prime example). Ideally, you should have a varied selection of these available every time you eat hummus. Top dippers: warm, pli-

able flatbreads or pitta; carrots (raw for contrasting crunch, not par-boiled as is common); refreshing cucumber; bread sticks; plain crackers (nothing cheesy or onionflavoured etc); Ryvita or a similarly dark crackers, for extra earthy depth; overdone strips of barbecued beef or lamb (burnt ends, basically); celery (useful for getting into a supermarket pot’s nooks and crannies); raw white onion (conveniently curved and complementary

in flavour); red bell pepper. Dysfunctional dippers: any fried vegetable (that layer of greasiness is just unwelcome); tortilla chips or, indeed, any crisps (frequently too salty, if not seasoned with jarring lime, etc); battered fish goujons (a bizarre textural carcrash); grilled halloumi fingers; woolly, buttered sliced white toast (unless you are a child under the age of seven); tomatoes (impractical); radishes (too overtly peppery).

Friday 9th September 2016

Freakshakes: The rise of drink and dessert

Food & Drink

Wyn’s chocolate freakshake

The outrageously messy Australian milkshake is packed with a gut-busting mountain of treats

They are overindulgent, overloaded and over here. Freakshakes – an Australian invention – found their way from Canberra to Newcastle (the English one) last year, and they have been multiplying around the UK at a horrendous rate ever since. For the uninitiated, they are milkshakes topped with cream, topped with cake, topped with

sauce, with a handful of sweets thrown in for good measure – a monstrous mashup of a drink and dessert. Usually. Although the fact that one Yorkshire restaurant has thrown pulled pork and cheese into the mix suggests we have reached the freakshake tipping point. Most follow a similar formula to the originals from

Pâtissez cafe in Canberra: mason jar mugs are filled with milkshake and piled up with goodies that look as striking as possible – because, while they should taste good, the first bite is usually taken by the camera. “The freakshake trend has been a clear example of the influence of social media,” says Olivia Edwards, senior analyst at food trends

agency thefoodpeople. She says Instagram “gave them a platform to be seen and desired all around the world … the first thing most people will do is pop a pic on Instagram”. This is true at Blue Dogs Kitchen in Cheltenham, says cafe supervisor Marion Corden. Freakshakes went on sale there a couple of months ago and, she says, “it’s very rare that we make one that is not photographed”. It was social media that brought freakshakes to the attention of Maria Michaelides when she opened Molly Bakes cafe in Dalston, east London. “I saw them on Instagram last summer,” she says. “I wanted to try one but Australia was a bit far to go, so I made my own and then I thought: ‘I could sell these.’” She started with salted caramel and has just added cookie dough and cornflakes to the menu – the latter not specifically for earlymorning visitors, although she says: “Some people do have freakshakes for breakfast – I can’t get my head around that.”

Chocolate milkshake powder or syrup Ice cream – we used vanilla (chocolate would be nicer) Milk Squirty cream Chocolate brownie bites Sponge cake Caramel waffle Cafe curl Chocolate biscuit bites (Maltesers will work) Hundreds and thousands Mini marshmallows Sweets from the cupboard Salted caramel sauce Make the milkshake base, combine with a scoop of ice-cream until you feel you have a good thick consistency and pour into a glass. Top with a layer of squirty cream. Apply sauce liberally around the side of the glass. Pile on cake, biscuits and sweets to taste

(and beyond). Add more sauce and a cafe curl. Take a cake and force a straw through it. Add to glass. Photograph and unleash on Instagram. Enjoy. Wyn’s freakshake. Wyn’s freakshake. Photograph: Teri Pengilley for the Guardian Tips 1. Try to create either a thick milkshake or a layer of cream to prop up the cakes on top – a concealed party ring might do the same job 2. When you think you’ve finished, add at least two more slices of cake. 3. Have a sundae spoon to help you eat it – a lot sinks to the bottom 4. Don’t eat it all on your own. Unless you have an Olympic triathlon planned

The best recipe for courgette caviar

Slow-cooked courgette ‘caviar’ Makes 1.2 kg 2kg courgettes (green or yellow) 100ml vegetable oil or mild olive oil 500g white onions, peeled and diced 300g carrots, clean and coarsely grated 700g ripe, flavoursome tomatoes 2 tbsp sugar Flaky sea salt 1 First, halve the courgettes lengthways and thinly slice them. Sometimes I just use the side of a box grater for speed. 2 In a large pan (I use a huge stock pot), heat 50ml of the oil. Add the onions and cook over a low-medium heat until they start to soften and just begin to

acquire a gentle golden hue (it may take up to 10 minutes). Now, add the carrots and cook, stirring from time to time, until they too soften. Cook both for 5-10 minutes. 3 Add the courgettes and cook over a medium-high heat for the first 10 minutes, stirring regularly. When they start to collapse, lower the heat and cook slowly, stirring often, for about 30 minutes. 4 Once the courgettes have been on for 30 minutes, grate the tomatoes coarsely, discarding the skins. Add the tomato pulp and juice to the pan. Cook the mixture down over a medium-high heat, stirring from time to time. You want the mixture to keep catching slightly, so that it caramelises, but make sure to scrape

at it with a wooden spoon, adding splashes of water to help it along and to stop it burning. Keep an eye on it for the next 30‑40 minutes. You can help the process along by gently crushing all the vegetables with a potato masher. 5 At this stage, season your courgettes. I just like flaky sea salt, but you can certainly get creative with it and add a little spice. When its starts spitting violently, lower the heat. You should end up with a thick, brown, paste 6 Let the mixture cool and sterilise a jar. If there is no way you can seal those hermetically, pour a little oil on top of the paste to help keep it longer. Store it in a cold place like a cellar or your fridge until needed.

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Friday 9th September 2016

DVD’S

Record Of The Week!

Artist – Barry Gibb Track Title – In the Now Something old- something new for the Record of the week this week – a well known name – but a brand new song. Former Bee Gees legend and Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and producer Barry Gibb announced his first solo album involving new material,In The Now, set for release on October 7 via Columbia Records. At 70 years old – this is his first solo album for 30 years – and is getting a mixed reception !- This is the Titile track from the new album – Should he continue with new music – or is it time to call it a day? Thats what we asked our listeners and it seems mostly people got to like the track after a week of air play – but what if that was the strongest track on the album? Let us know what your thoughts are! Perhaps you have a song that brings back happy memories or says thank to someone special or is just a great tune that you love to hear? Then send your own Record of the Week request to studio @tko,fm… and include details of the track and what it means to you … and next week.. It could be your special track played every day on TKO 91.9 & 90.8fm.

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TOP 10 1. Don’t Breathe 2. Suicide Squad 3. Pete's Dragon 4. Kubo and the Two Strings 5. Sausage Party 6. Pete’s Dragon 7. War Dogs 8. Bad Moms 9. Bad Moms 10. The Light Between Oceans

The Conjuring 2

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS REVIEW

DIRECTOR Derek Cianfrance GENRE Drama, Romance SYNOPSIS A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat. RELEASE DATE 2 September 2016 DURATION 2h 88 mins

Based on the novel by M. L. Sedman, the film is situated on the coast of Western Australia where Tom, a shellshocked veteran, seeks work on a remote island as a lighthouse keeper. But before his first few months of what he hopes will be solitude, Tom meets Isabel. As the two begin their fairytale romance with an exchange of letters and newlywed life in the middle of the ocean, they’re soon met with not one but two miscarriages. In the middle of Isabel’s grief,

a small boat carrying a newborn baby washes ashore. After some convincing, the couple agrees to take the baby in and all goes well until Tom finds himself in front of Hannah, a widow who lost both her husband and baby in a small boat that drifted too far out into sea. The film spans years, which should come as no surprise as Cianfrance’s other work generally moves between a decade or two. And though the summary may seem too detailed, Cianfrance’s films are less about the preceding events and more about if, and how, the main characters overcome their trials. There are a lot of parallels between the director’s work, past and present, particularly in terms of story and focus but also in camera work. Cinematographer Adam

Arkapaw (True Detective's Season 1, Macbeth) captures the sweeping landscape and vast ocean surrounding Janus Rock where the couple lives. These wide, sometimes aerial shots, comparable to Place Beyond the Pines, serve a purpose as they emphasize the isolation of Tom and Isabel’s home far away from family and friends, where the consequences of keeping a potentially orphaned child are few and far between. However, despite these connections, The Light Between Oceans doesn’t quite provoke the same response that Cianfrance’s previous work does. Just over two hours, the film felt as if it was three. The slow progression of Tom and Isabel’s courtship through an exchange of letters felt less like Cianfrance and more like Nicholas Sparks. Whether it’s

the overused narration, the fact that it’s Cianfrance’s first solo screenwriting venture, or if it’s simply because the film is a period piece and there are only so many ways to write courtship during the early twentieth century, this key interaction that is meant to set the foundation lacks the effect the film requires. The early sequences of these relationships is the director’s trademark, they wrap audiences up and burden us with the question of how these characters got from point A to point B. Yet Tom and Isabel’s infatuation is less convincing. Though both characters were given the same brief background explanation, Tom categorized as a recent war veteran and Isabel as someone impacted by the surrounding death, Isabel has the intention on becoming a wife and mum.

Everything ready for the Segorbe Bulls and Horses Entrance An almost magical show. The feeling of the crowd waiting in the Columbus street. The sound of bells. The speed of the horses and bulls. As every year, Segorbe celebrates during the second week of September the Bulls and Horses Entrance, Fiesta of International Tourist Interest and one of those celebrations highlighted on the festival calendar of Valencia. You should not miss from Monday to Sunday, every day at 2 p.m , the course of the 13 riders who, astride their horses and provided only by a thin rod they guide six bulls in the middle of a very crowded Colón. The cheers and applause from the crowd mark the synchronized movement of a show that creates impossible spaces where there were none before and allows segorbinos and visitors to experience unique moments in life. Taurine week is an excellent opportunity to discover Segorbe,

a city of rich medieval heritage and gastronomy to be enjoyed. In fact, coinciding with these big days, the Ham and Artisan Sausage Fair and also Tapa Fair are held, where typical tapas are offered to host the large number of visitors who enjoy the Entrance of Bulls and Horses

The "Enfield Poltergeist" case involved a single mother, Margaret Hodgson, whose four child r e n b e g a n reporting strange occurrences: dressers moving, beds shaking, knocking sounds within the walls. Not to mention the levitation and flying toys. At first, Margaret tries denouncing their complaints, convinced they are making things up. But as the situations escalate, she realizes that something sinister is happening.

Captain America 3 Civil War

The Avengers have become known for defending the planet, but the price keeps getting steeper. The most r e c e n t Avengers battle sees the team dispatch another evil entity, but the collateral damage to the city is tremendous. There is an outcry from the people to hold the Avengers accountable for the damage they do.

The Fits At 11 years old, Toni is a tomboy and a bit of an outcast among her peers. She spends as much time as she can at the gym, where she becomes mesmerized by a dance troupe that practices there. She begins to mimic all of their movements, mastering their routines and even piercing her ears in an effort to feel like a part of the group. When the dancers begin to experience strange fainting spells, Toni's obsession takes a dangerous turn. Her desire to fit in makes her vulnerable, and it may come with dire consequences for her own health.

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Health

Friday 9th September 2016

May refuses to commit to Brexit pledges on immigration and NHS Prime minister declines to guarantee points-based system and extra £100m a week for health service as Japan and US warn of exit risks to Britain

Theresa May has cast doubt on whether Brexit will lead either to a points-based immigration system or an extra £100m a week for the NHS – two central promises made by the successful campaign to leave the European Union. The prime minister declined to endorse pledges made by the official Vote Leave group as she headed to China for the G20 summit, where Japan and the US have

issued strong warnings about the consequences of exiting the EU. In an unprecedented set of demands over the terms of Britain’s exit, Tokyo said Japanese firms could move to other parts of Europe unless many of the current privileges of membership were maintained. Speaking from her prime ministerial plane, May questioned whether the type of system that admits migrants

based on their skills was

effective, and did not rule out retaining preferential access arrangements for EU citizens. “One of the issues is whether or not points-based systems do work,” she said, stressing that there was “no single silver bullet” on reducing immigration. May also refused to commit to working towards the promises made by Vote Leave of an extra £100m a week to the NHS, scrapping VAT on fuel bills or ending contributions to the EU budget. She would only say: “I’m going to work for what I just said I’m going to work for: the best possible deal for the

UK in terms of the relationship that we would have with the EU, following us leaving.” Her decision not to endorse the key planks of the Vote Leave manifesto may anger some of the electorate who thought they were voting for firm pledges made by politicians now senior in May’s government, such as Boris Johnson. The prime minister has repeatedly said she intends to make a success of leaving the EU but admitted this weekend that there were difficult times ahead for the economy, even though it is currently doing better than

NO POINTS-BASED IMMIGRATION Theresa May humiliated Boris Johnson ealier this week by torpedoing his plan for an Australian-style 'points' scheme. The Prime Minister has vowed to find a more effective way of cutting the numbers moving to Britain than the populist plan backed by Vote Leave and UKIP during the EU referendum campaign. Nigel Farage and other hard-right Brexiteers this morning accused her of 'backsliding' after her comments at the G20 summit in China that a points-based immigration system would not work.

many predicted before the 23 June referendum. She backed the position of the former chancellor George Osborne that there were no plans for more welfare cuts, but left the door open for this to shift if the economy deteriorated. “We are continuing the plans we have as a government,” she said. “Obviously we have to look and see what happens in the economy, and how the economy does start to move ... We’ve got the plans that are there at the moment. And obviously anyone would be looking at how the economy pans out.” After her first bilateral meeting with President Obama, May was told that the US wanted to focus on trade negotiations with the EU and a bloc of Pacific nations before considering a deal with the UK. The message from Japan to the UK subsequently emerged, warning of a series of corporate exits from the UK unless some of the privileges that come with access to the single market are maintained.

Decision to deny surgery to obese patients is like 'racial discrimination' The decision by an NHS body to restrict obese patients’ access to elective surgery until they lose weight is comparable with racial or religious discrimination, a surgeon has said.

The Vale of York clinical commissioning group (CCG) will m a k e

people wait for up to a year for

treatment for non-life-threatening conditions such as hip and knee replacements if their body mass index is 30 or higher. The group said it had taken the decision because it was the “best way of achieving maximum value from the limited resources available”. Shaw Somers, a bariatric surgeon from Portsmouth, said the move was a logical step and could save money, but amounted to discrimination because obesity was an

illness. “They [the patients] are

trying to lose weight in the vast majority of cases and to deny them treatment that they need on the basis of their weight, without then offering them effective help to help them lose weight is rather like discriminating against a segment of the population on the basis of their colour or religious persuasion,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “Just saying you can’t have surgery and there is no access to alternative treatments really doesn’t help anyone.” Chris Hopson, the head of NHS Providers – which represents acute care, ambulance and community services – said the move amounted to “rationing care to save money”. He told Today that the health service was being

asked to deliver too much for the funding available. Rather than commissioning groups making “piecemeal decisions”, Hopson said there should be a national debate about the future of the UK’s healthcare system involving not only politicians, NHS leaders and clinicians – but the public as well, given that tax revenues funded it. Demand for healthcare was “about to go through the roof” as baby boomers neared the end of their lives, he said. There had been a 6% increase in emergency admissions in the first quarter of this year. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) said that it was a dangerous move that ranked among the “most severe the modern NHS has ever seen”.

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What are acid suppressants doing to your gut? valves. The danger of taking Acid-suppressing medications is that stomach acid is essential for our survival. Stomach acid destroys harmful bacteria that enters the body through the foods we eat. Low stomach acid encourages the growth of harmful bugs in the gut which later spreads to other parts of the body, causing diseases. Adequate food digestion relies on stomach acid. Many enzymes that help in digesting protein become activated in the presence of stomach acid, and low stomach acid causes If you take 3 or more prescription drugs, the chances are high that one of them is an acid suppressant. The most commonly prescribed acid suppressants are a group of drugs known Proton Pump inhibitors (PPI) and include commonly prescribed medications such as omeprazole and pantoprazole. Acid suppressants are prescribed as ´Stomach protectors´ because taking more than three prescription drugs will stimulate the stomach to produce too much acid, and to counteract this effect, doctors pre-

scribe acid suppressants. However, acid suppressants are usually prescribed to relieve heartburn. Although many people believe that too much stomach acid is responsible for heartburn, this is not exactly the case. Heartburn occurs when stomach acid comes in contact with the oesophagus (the tube that carries swallowed food into the stomach). Unlike the stomach that has a thick coating to protect it against stomach acid, the oesophagus has no such protection, and the smallest amount of acid in the oesophagus will cause

incomplete digestion of proteins. Nutrients such as iron and vitamin C require stomach acid before proper absorption into the body. People taking stomach acids regularly, usually suffer a disorder of the digestive system as well as nutritional deficiencies and infections. Studies have linked acidsuppressing drugs to health problems including gastroenteritis, headaches, anaemia, heart complications. For A Full Body Diagnostic Scan Call MedB Diagnostic: 965071745, 966189074.

the sensation of heartburn. Acid reflux results from a weakness of the valve that protects the oesophagus against a backflow of stomach acid. And this valve weakness occurs in many people with normal acid levels. Some studies even show that a lot of people suffering heartburn have low stomach acid. The underlying cause of the weak values that allow acid into the oesophagus is stomach infections. Stomach infections create gases that increase the pressure of the stomach which in turn weakens the

Antibacterial soaps banned in US

Antibacterial soaps were banned from the US market in a final ruling by the Food and Drug Administration, which said that manufacturers had failed to prove the cleansers were safe or more effective than normal products. Dr Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s center for evaluation and research, said that certain antimicrobial soaps may not actually serve any health benefits at all. “Consumers may think antibacterial washes are

more effective at preventing the spread of germs, but we have no scientific evidence that they are any better than plain soap and water,” she said in a statement. “In fact, some data suggests that antibacterial ingredients may do more harm than good over the long term.” Manufacturers had failed to show either the safety of “long-term daily use” or that the products were “more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and the spread of certain infections”.

The new federal rule applies to any soap or antiseptic product that has one or more of 19 chemical compounds, including triclocarbon, which is often found in bar soaps, and triclosan, often in liquid soaps. It does not affect alcohol-based hand sanitizers and wipes, which the FDA is still investigating, or certain healthcare products meant specifically for clinical settings. The FDA has given manufacturers a year to change their products or pull them off shelves.

Dave Silver

Friday 9th September 2016

Barking Dogs And Other Neurotic Hang-Ups I had a blood test at the hospital the other day and while sat awaiting my turn I kept hearing the sound of barking. Now I love dogs but after 20 minutes of intermittent woofing I found I was slowly being driven nuts. Anyway, the barking noises turned out to be the ring tone of a fellow out-patient's mobile phone. He was obviously a popular fellow because it was apparent that the total phone-owning population of the Northern hemisphere were attempting to contact him. (I know, I know, I'm exaggerating but you do get my drift.) Anyway, relieved when the Barking Man was finally called in to face the nurse's syringe, I settled down to further await my turn only to be

distracted by another bloke turning the pages of his newspaper with such force and urgency that it sounded like the continuous crack of an angry whip. Needless (needles?) to say, I won't be going to that hospital again until my nerves improve. 'And pray tell me how your nerves are going to improve when everything gets on top of you these days?' inquired Mrs S when I arrived back home. 'Do you know, they never even gave me a cup of tea and a biscuit after I'd filled that syringe with my valuable body fluid for them,' I grumbled. 'For goodness sake!' tutted Mrs S. 'You gave not much more than a thimble-full of your blood. That's hardly going to render you weak

and debilitated and in desperate need of a brew and a digestive.' I shrugged. 'I do like a good dunk now and again.' Mrs S tutted once more. 'A good dunk? Blimey, you sound like one of those guys who used to sentence wenches to be immersed in the river as a punishment for them being witches.' 'And you'd know all about being a witch,' I mumbled. At which (witch?) point I heard the sound of a barking dog coming from the front room. 'Oh, no,' I groaned. 'It's not that bloke from the blood room, is it? What the heck is he doing in my house?' Mrs S looked puzzled. 'I've no idea what you're going on about. Indeed, in all our years together I've never understood you.'

'Just grab his mobile phone off him and kick him out!' I demanded. Mrs S scratched her head. 'I can assure you that Chico does not have a phone.' 'Chico? Who's Chico?' I cried. 'Tell me you've not taken on a young Spanish male au pair in my brief absence.' Mrs S tutted for a thrice time. 'I'm looking after next door's new pet for a couple of hours.' I stormed into the front room and glared at the chihuahua dog which stared back at me. 'Why are you sitting on my favourite armchair?' I asked our visitor. The cur, of course, didn't reply. 'Don't even think of calling it a cur,' said Mrs S who had followed me into the front

room. 'A cur is a mongrel. Our neighbours' dog has breeding -- which is more than I can say for you. 'And if you have any strength left after your major blood sacrifice you can take Chico out for a walk.' Retaining my glare I turned to Mrs S. 'Both as a child and an adult I have strolled the streets with almost countless canines at the end of assorted fraying leads. 'Well, now it is my nerves which are fraying. No more walkies!' At the sound of 'walkies', Chico the chihuahua leaped off my favourite chair and began excitedly to lick my Crocs. 'Okay, okay,' I sighed. 'I'll take you out for a trot. But if you run off, I'll shout you only once and then I'm going home on my own.'

I affixed Chico to his lead. 'You're lucky that your name isn't Chewbacca or ChooChoo. If you ran away, I wouldn't dare call you even the once.' Half an hour later and the chihuahua and I were back. Mrs S was reading the newspaper. 'Don't turn the pages too loudly.' I cautioned her. 'It will only remind me of the hard blood-letting day I've had.' I took off Chico's lead and he made straight for my favourite armchair again. 'Where have our neighbours gone anyway?' I aske. Mrs S put down the newspaper with a loud rustle. 'They are receiving badges and certificates for each giving their 50th pint of blood.' 'Oh, really?' I said, dismissively. 'Well, I hope they're not going on and on about it.'

Back To Basics For Jaguar F-TYPE Rear-wheel drive on the Jaguar suits the lesser powered V6 models a treat The F-TYPE was designed to pick up the baton from the iconic 1960’s E-TYPE and if the base price of £57,260 gets you into our car, you won’t feel shortchanged. This is a car for people who see driving as a fun engaging activity, not a chore to endure. While the all wheel drive version may offer you more

sure-footedness, especially in the wet, there is something enduringly special about a car where your are pushed not pulled. The two-stage traction control system will even let the back end step out a bit if you are in a playful mood, before gathering it back up again. Our car came with the

£1,020 open differential and torque vectoring option to stop the inside wheel spinning during hard cornering and delivering power to the outside one with grip. The quick light steering enables you to place the agile car just where you want it. Unlike Jaguars of the past few decades it is certainly a sports car rather than a grand tourer. For those who are more swayed by looks than outright performance, they won’t be disappointed and they are still a relatively rare sight on the road. The long bonnet, complete with power hump and vents to the sharp design features on the flanks and rear, this car is certainly a head-turner. The F-TYPE has all other areas covered - it’s body is writing cheques that the rest of the car can match. The sort of car that you drive just for the hell of it seeking out roundabouts before parking up and hearing exhaust plinking as you glance back up over your shoulder for one more look.

Friday 9th September 2016

AEB: The Safety Technology Your New Car Should Feature The most important new car safety system - reducing injury and damage claims

You hear it on the news almost every single day: road crashes that result in severe injuries and even fatalities. Although many driver-related factors contribute to these unfortunate incidents, some are simply due to driving malfunctioning vehicles and using illequipped cars in terms of safety technologies. Because of this, many safety advocates and experts push for the inclusion of the technology known as Autonomous

Emergency Braking (AEB) in new automobiles. In fact, in Ipswich, any reputable car dealer will tell you that it's a highly recommended safety feature. Here's why. All about AEB AEB, a type of automobile safety technology, can considerably reduce the risks of crashing and even its impact speed. Vehicles equipped with AEB notifies drivers about impending crashes, which then aid them in using their automobile’s maximum

braking capacity. It also enables drivers to use their brakes manually in the event of a critical situation. How the technology works Autonomous Emergency Braking systems come equipped with any or a combination of the following: cameras, sensors, radars, and lasers. These components monitor risks and detect possible crashes with other vehicles, as well as collisions with pedestrians or other objects on the car’s

way. Functionality variations Depending on the make, model, and manufacturer, AEB systems have varying functionalities, although most of them provide either a visual or an audio (or both) alert to the driver. When the driver does not respond to the warning, the system will intervene and automatically put on the brakes. Recommended Post: How Hard can It Be with an Excavator Dry Hire? Some of the more advanced systems charge the brakes to give the driver the greatest braking efficiency. These improved technologies also have the

capability of preparing the automobile for a potential crash through their seatbelt pre-tensioning feature. As the Australian Medical Association’s President Professor Brian Owler has said, “Prevention is far better than cure,” when it comes to road collisions. So when planning to make a purchase for a new ride, seek the assistance of Ipswich car dealerships to ensure that you get one equipped with this life-saving technology. he insurance group rating panel, comprising members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Lloyds Market Association (LMA) meets monthly to set advi-

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BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions come to you at home or work, our personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada. ADVICE: Jennifer wanted to know how to stop her computer from updating to Windows 10.

Hi Richard, I hope you are keeping well, will you help me? I have a message on my laptop saying that windows 10 will be installed on my laptop on 2nd April I don't want windows 10. Is there any way I can stop this happening? I am scared to upgrade to windows 10 in case it is not compatible with my Microsoft office outlook where I organise all my e mails as I have all the community e mails stored there as I am the President (for 81/2 years). I have read your reply to a lady where you said that you can revert back to Windows 7 within the 1st month after the upgrade. Will I have to install windows 10.

Hi Jennifer, yes you can remove the "Get Windows 10" update that was installed onto your computer as part of the monthly updates, just navigate to the "Programs and Features" section of the control panel and select "view installed updates", now you need to look for and uninstall the updated KB3035583, this will remove the popup and stop your machine from updating. Having said that, Microsoft Outlook is fully compatible with Windows 10 but of course if you do decide to run the update you should ensure that everything is fully backed up first.

Richard moved to Spain ten years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

ADVICE: Max wanted to know if a recent Microsoft update was legitimate.

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Hi Max, I’m not familiar with a “Microsoft Drivetime” application, do you mean “Microsoft OneDrive” perhaps?

Hi Richard, sorry, it is OneDrive.Max.

In that case its fine Max, OneDrive is a legitimate application.

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All For Wilmer throat earlier in the year which has spread around his face, which means that he has had difficulty eating and has lost a lot of weight. The match was to raise money to help pay for his treatment, something that Mark Halsey

Ex-Premier League referee Mark Halsey who beat off throat cancer seven years ago, and who has a property in Villamartin, refereed a charity football match last

Friday in aid of a local player, Wilmer, who has also been struck down with the same disease. The popular player, aged in his thirties, was hit by a tumour in his

Special Shirt The Costa Cobras Rugby club have joined forces with their counterparts at Elche Rugby club for a fund-raising raffle to raise money for the DEBRA Butterfly Children charity. The winner will be able

to choose between one of four signed international 7’s rugby shirts from the home nations. Tickets are available from the DEBRA charity shop in Pueblo Bravo, Rojales or by calling Dutch on 692 767 242.

is also very familiar with because the 55-year-old ex official underwent chemotherapy to treat a cancerous tumour in his throat in 2009. The following year

Nico’s Great Start

Players Please

Rojales Netball Club is back in training from this coming Tuesday (September 13th) and after finishing last season on a high, they want to strengthen their squad with an invitation for new players, coaches and umpires to join them. If you are aged 14 and over and have a basic understanding of netball (or even better if

he was back refereeing matches until he retired in 2013. The charity match at the Orihuela Costa CDM in Playa Flamenca saw the Bacchus Bar team beat the Wilmer XI by five goals to three in what was a highly entertaining encounter. Afterwards, everybody decamped to the Bacchus Bar in La Zenia for a special raffle and auction, which with some special donations, all added up to a very impressive total of 1,135 euros. Many sponsors donated prizes including the Bed Shop at La Zenia who provided a new mountain bike and TKO FM who supplied four tickets to go to Terra Natura in Benidorm. Wilmer has been personally told about the wonderful generosity of the local community by the players who took part in Friday's match who have noticed a slight improvement in his condition as his treatment continues, with everybody hoping for a steady recovery.

Nicola Kuhn's bid for US Open tennis glory was given a double boost on Tuesday, writes DONNA GEE. The Torrevieja teenager won his second-round match against American Sam Riffice - then saw number two seed Alex de Minaur, his expected opponent in round three, beatyou are an experienced play- en by unseeded Israeli Yshai er!) then you get out those Oliel in a final-set tie-break. trainers and come along to De MInaur, the beaten junjoin the squad at Quesada. The Rojales club is a group of ladies of differing ages and playing ability but all with the same aim of enjoying ourselves on the netball court. If you want to learn more, then contact Claire on 680 300 637 or Tracey on 679 539 995.

ior finalist at Wimbledon this summer, was expected to provide a stiff hurdle for Kuhn, even though the Spanish number one has won both his previous encounters with the Australian, who is a year older than Nico. Instead, he was due to face Oliel yesterday with a quarterfinal place at stake. The Israeli was his semi-final victim at this year's Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain's only Grade One junior tournament, which Nico went on to win. Kuhn took the first set comfortably against Riffice, only for the Californian, ranked 34 in the world, to hit back and square it at one-set apiece. However, there was only one matchwinner as Kuhn sailed through the final set, losing only one game. The two players are wellmatched, with Kuhn ranked 1014 at senior level by the ATP and Oliel 1194.

Barclays Premier League Saturday 10 September

13:30 Manchester United v Manchester City 16:00 Arsenal v Southampton 16:00 Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion 16:00 Burnley v Hull City 16:00 Middlesbrough v Crystal Palace 16:00 Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 West Ham United v Watford 18:30 Liverpool v Leicester City

Sunday 11 September 17:00 Swansea City v Chelsea

Monday 12 September 21:00 Sunderland v Everton

Sky Bet Championship Friday 9 September

21:00 Reading v Ipswich Town

Saturday 10 September 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 18:30

Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford Fulham v Birmingham City Leeds United v Huddersfield Town Norwich City v Cardiff City Preston North End v Barnsley Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United v Bristol City Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burton Albion Derby County v Newcastle United

Sunday 11 September

14:15 Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

Spanish La Liga Friday 9 September

20:45 Real Sociedad v Espanyol

Saturday 10 September 13:00 16:00 18:15 18:15 20:30

Celta de Vigo v Atlético de Madrid Real Madrid v Osasuna Málaga v Villarreal Sevilla v Las Palmas Barcelona v Alavés

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Sunday 11 September

Scottish Premiership Saturday 10 September

13:00 Celtic v Rangers 16:00 Aberdeen v Inverness 16:00 Dundee v Kilmarnock 16:00 Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical 16:00 Partick Thistle v St. Johnstone 16:00 Ross County v Motherwell

Champions League Tuesday 13 September 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45

Barcelona v Celtic Benfica v Besiktas Dynamo Kyiv v Napoli FC Basel v Ludogorets Razgrad FC Bayern München v FC Rostov Manchester City v Borussia Mönchengladbach PSV v Atlético de Madrid Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal

Wednesday 14 September

20:45 Bayer 04 Leverkusen v CSKA Moscow 20:45 Club Brugge v Leicester City 20:45 FC Porto v FC København 20:45 Juventus v Sevilla 20:45 Legia Warsaw v Borussia Dortmund 20:45 Lyon v Dinamo Zagreb 20:45 Real Madrid v Sporting Lisbon 20:45 Tottenham Hotspur v Monaco

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Ivie Davies on Golf

Rory McIlroy Roars Back Rory McIlroy won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday to claim his first PGA Tour title for 16 months, all that happening a week after he changed his putter and putting coach. "I knew my game was in good shape, I just needed to do something with the putting," said McIlroy. "I found something. I still need to keep going with it, it's definitely not the finished article, but it's a big step in the right direction.” The Northern Irishman started six shots behind overnight leader Paul Casey, but seven birdies in a six-under-par 65 saw him finish two shots clear at 15 under. England's Casey, 39, missed an eagle putt on the final hole at TPC Boston that would have forced a playoff. It was 27-year-old McIlroy's first tournament

win since the Irish Open in May and first PGA title since May 2015. "I'm excited with how my game is and what I've found this week, and hopefully I can keep it going for the next couple of tournaments, but ultimately into the Ryder Cup." The Deutsche Bank Championship is the second of the four that make up the season-ending FedEx Cup. McIlroy will rise 34 places to fourth in the FedEx Cup standings - and nearer the $10m prize for the winner - as a result of his victory. The competition features the top 100 players in the world. The leading 70 after last weekend progress to next week's BMW Championship, where the field will be reduced to 30 for the Tour Championship on 22-25 September. McIlroy’s immediate

KNOW YOUR RULES QUESTION

In a fourball better ball matchplay, players A and B are up against players D and C. Player A hit the green with his third shot. It was his turn to putt, being the furthest person from the hole. His putt, stopped about a foot from the hole. The putt wasn't given. Player A tapped it in for a five. Player C said he had gone out of turn and that player A is disqualified on that hole. Is this correct and what is the ruling? A: Player A and B lost the hole for going out of turn. B: The putt stands. C: Players D and C should ask the putt to be taken again.

ANSWER C: Players C and D can ask for the putt to be played again or allow the putt to stand. Rule 10.1 applies. Under this rule, if a player plays when his opponent should have played, there is no penalty, but the opponent may immediately require the player to cancel the stroke and, play in the correct order, playing the ball as close as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played.

focus is on the BMW Championship, which started at Crooked Stick, Indiana, yesterday. Suddenly, a hitherto lowkey year could end in the most positive of styles if he wins the FedEx Cup and the small matter of the Ryder Cup follows on September 30th. “I feel excitement more than relief,” McIlroy said. “I wasn’t getting impatient, I wasn’t searching for things. I know I hadn’t won on the PGA Tour in a while but over the past 12 months I’ve still had three wins worldwide. “This was obviously the biggest of those three but I knew my game was in good shape, I just needed to do something with the putting. I found something. I still need to keep going with it. It’s definitely not the finished article but it’s a big step in the right direction.” Phil Kenyon, who also

tutors the Open champion Henrik Stenson, has recently taken on the role of McIlroy’s putting coach. “I looked at all the guys Phil works with and none of them looked the same,” McIlroy said. “They all putt differently, they all have their different mannerisms, so I knew Phil wasn’t going to have me get into a certain position I didn’t want to be in or felt uncomfortable with.” “He was more: ‘You figure it out yourself a little bit, but this is what you need to do, this is where you need the putter to be at certain points in your stroke, and then just figure out a way to do it.’ He just lets us figure it out in our own ways and that’s the one thing I really liked about him.” History is now on McIlroy’s side. When he last won the Deutsche Bank four years ago, he

TITTER ON THE TEE A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot for only 30 euros. She asked the shop assistant why it was so cheap, and was told that it used vulgar language because it used to live in a brothel. She thought well okay and paid for it took it home and hung the bird's cage up in the lounge and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said,"New house, new madam." When her two teenage daughters returned from school,the bird saw them and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation considering how and where the parrot had been raised. Moments later, the woman's husband Doug came home from his round of Saturday golf. .The bird looked at him and said, "Hi Doug! Nice to see you again, been golfing?"

proceeded to lift another trophy at Crooked Stick. “The course may play a little bit different this year, it mightn’t be quite as wet and I know they made a few changes,” McIlroy said. “But it was a great leaderboard four years ago. Lee Westwood was up there, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott. I remember a lot about that week, I have positive vibes going back there.” McIlroy also chose Monday’s victory as a platform to hit out at critics of his gym routine and insisted that suggestions that he spends too much time working on his fitness are "unfair". The 27-year-old believes his workload in the gym has been "a big part of my success", and he is adamant that keeping as fit as possible will keep him playing at the highest level for many

years to come. "I think when people make judgements or criticisms without being educated on the subject that they're criticising, I think that's like for me getting in the gym, for example, that's my pet peeve. Someone that says to me you're in the gym too much. The reason I play at such a high level, and hopefully will continue to play at a high level for the next 10 to 15 years, is because of the work I do in the gym. If I wasn't in the gym, I wouldn't be sitting here today. It's a big part of who I am, it's a big part of my success. That's always I feel an unfair criticism.” "But with my game, the critics and the analysts and everyone that are out there, they're educated about golf, so they for the most part know what they're talking about”, commented McIlroy.

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Torry’s Derby Flop

the first rifled home by Ayo on 27 minutes after no one seemed able to put in a telling tackle at the edge of the penalty box. The second trickled home from Antonio after two deflections which saw keeper Marcano go left and unable to correct himself, only able to watch the ball slowly find the right hand corner of the net. The final nail in the Torry coffin was at the death when Siro had a simple tap in to the empty net after swift passing and strong running down the right tore the Torry defence apart. By that stage the Torry fans had seen enough and were once more swallowing the bitter pill of defeat to their nearest rivals. It was even more grating for manager Correa and captain Pastor, both of whom were at Orihuela last season. Former Torry favourites Obele (Almoradi), Brani (Ilicitano), Mati (Thader) and Pastor, who plays his football for Wolves in Australia, were all present to witness this Torry capitu-

lation. Despite energetic front running from Lewis, Matheus and Luis Carlos, there was little by way of threat to Emilio in the visitor's goal. Torry carved out a couple of chances, but poor control or weak finishing only drew gasps of frustration from the crowd. There is no denying that once more there is great talent and ability in the Torry sqaud, but one win and two defeats with eight goals conceded in the opening three games is patently unacceptable. The team face a tough assignment at joint leaders Olimpic this weekend, followed by a midweek home tie against Rayo Ibense on Wednesday 14th September at the Nelson Mandela. It will be no surprise if significant changes are not in place by this stage, as the club is not prepared to play mid-table football, and is determined to compete at the top for promotion play offs come the end of term. Torry's best player was

On The Board

An equaliser seven minutes from time prevented Almoradi from getting their first win of the season last Saturday at a side that had won their first two matches of the season, but it was nevertheless an excellent first point for the Vega Baja team after defeat in their first two third division games. There were few chances in the first half but Almoradi had more of the play to surprise the home side and they then took the lead in the 36th minute when Manu was brought down in the penalty area and he then converted the spot-kick himself. Torre levelled up from the penalty spot just a couple of minutes into the second-half through Rubén, and though the home side got into the action more, it was Fran Ortiz

TORRE LEVANTE 2 CD ALMORADI 2 that restored Almoradi's advantage with a powerful strike that keeper Paredes could not keep out. Torre set up a great finish as Reyes made it two-all with a header from a corner, with both teams going all out for the three points, with the home side creating two good chances. The best opportunity though fell to Almoradi's Manu with a late shot that

A Hot Defeat

CD THADER 0 VILLAJOYOSA CF 1

CD TORREVIEJA 0 ORIHUELA CF 3 Sunday’s derby at the Nelson Mandela stadium saw Orihuela don their grey strip with the old badge of Orihuela Deportivo, used extensively in the 1940s, whilst Torry made the retrograde move of barely landing a shot on goal whilst conceding soft ones. The throwback kit ushered in Orihuela's first win of the season, whilst Torry need seriously to get back to the drawing board, with just one win out of three in their opener against promoted Almoradi. It had all started so positively with the return of Damian Aguero after four successful years with the Youth team at Atletico Madrid. He was brought off the bench on the hour mark and showed that he will be a major asset to the club. However, he was unable to inject the transformation the side needed in order to turn around the deficit, with Torry two down by the time of his introduction. They had been disappointing goals to concede,

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grazed the crossbar. Almoradi therefore will go into this Sunday's home fixture with Elche Ilicitano with added confidence ahead of a Wednesday trip to CD Almassora. In the weekend's other third division matches, Crevillente won two-nil at Recambios Colon CD and Elche Ilicitano recorded a one-nil home victory over Borriol.

Rivals Beat Monte

CD Montesinos lost twoone in last Saturday’s Frederick Griggs Trophy match against Racing San Miguel. Over 200 people saw a good work out for Monte and trailing one-nil at half time, one of their new signings Guirao levelled up matters, before a defensive error five minutes later gave San Miguel their win.

Vicente Boix who stormed up the right flank at every opportunity and provided several tempting crosses. He had a fierce volley from outside the box sting Emilio's hands as the Orihuela captain made an acrobatic leap to push it over for a corner. It was a stunning shot, but one of too few and even then, not good enough. This Sunday, Torry go to CD Olimpic who dropped their first points of the season last weekend away to unbeaten Alzira, and they will be confident of a home win to supplement their place in the top four. The game now becomes a critical one for Torry for whom three consecutive losses would get the red lights flashing amidst possible personnel changes in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last season’s dreadful start which killed off promotion hopes in a matter of weeks.

CD Thader opened up their league season last Sunday morning on ironically a September lunchtime that was one of the hottest days of the year, in their encounter with Villajoyosa watched a good crowd of 250 people. Thader started well, and dominated the first period, having created a couple of great chances and getting a shot cleared off the line. However in the 35th minute Villajoyosa had a great counter attack that ended with a low cross from the wing leaving Hucha with an easy tap in.

The home side tried everything in the second half to break down the Villajoyosa defence, which held strong, whilst at the other end Hucha had a great chance to get his second in the 71st minute but Kevin made a great save to keep Thader in the game right up to the seventh minute of injury time. CD Thader travel to Villena to play this Sunday evening at 6.00 pm and supporters can travel north on the coach with the team, with bookings taken on 688 438 773.

Short Stay 27-year-striker Alberto Zapata Mico "Zapata" has left CD Torrevieja, after playing in the side’s opening two fixtures of the season, and scoring on both outings. The Albaceteborn player has joined second division B side, CD Palencia.

Friday 9th September 2016

Conte, Costa - & Kante!

Shh, but normal service has now been resumed at The Bridge - with relatively minor changes, writes JOHN MCGREGOR. Singing the Blues last season with an amazingly dramatic fall from being Premier League Champions two seasons ago Chelsea eventually finished 12th and sacked their enigmatic manager Jose Mourinho, the West Londoners have quickly, dramatically re-invented themselves as potential title challengers. Three wins from three, with two victories excitingly won while coming back from a goal down, means that the Blues are currently right up there with the mighty Manchesters – and, it has to be said, playing well – again. How has this dramatic renaissance come about – and more importantly – will it last? Most of the current credit must go to new manager Antonio Conte. The Italian who recently galvanised his national side in Euro 2016 has persuaded some huge talents to stay at Stamford Bridge amid Brexit-type rumours of departure by some superstars - for example step forward Diego Costa. The Brazilian-turnedSpaniard is back to his best, playing dangerously on the edge and scoring vital goals in the process, despite rumours of Diego defecting back to Atletico Madrid. Player of the Year two seasons ago , Eden Hazard, again looks lethal going forward, both supplying and scoring vital goals. The Belgian scored 13 goals in the 2014-15 season as Chelsea won the title, however his form dipped disappointingly during the first half of the following season as the Blues badly underperformed. Evergreen Blue captain John Terry is still there playing his heart out, only last year JT was written off – again – only to bounce back, once more he is clearly in charge of the Chelsea team on the field. Another huge factor in Chelsea’s re-birth has been the purchase of defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante from Leicester: that has meant that that the creaking defence is now protected, plus the midfield combatively stiffened. That key factor has enabled creative players like Hazard to shine, focussing on attacking without always having to track back to defend.

Back In Business ELCHE 3 TENERIFE 1

Elche put aside the previous weekend's disappointing performance and defeat at Girona to record a comfortable win against the Canary Island outfit who missed a second half penalty that might have left home fans biting their fingernails at the end. Saturday's result means two home victories from Elche's two Segunda division matches at the Martinez Valero, and they were ahead after just two minutes after 36-year-old Nino (and Elche's best player on Saturday) laid the ball on for Pablo Hervías to score. The Ilicitanos dominated the first half, but frustratingly didn't really create any clear chances against a team that had got one point in the bag from their opening two games. The visitors looked more eager in the second half but Elche got their second from the penalty spot in the 68th minute through Pedro. It wasn't over though, as Tenerife were thrown a lifeline with six minutes to go as Josete fouled a Tenerife player in the penalty box, but Juan Carlos produced a great save to keep out Vitolo's kick. Omar did pull one back in the 88th minute as Tenerife wondered what extra pressure they might have exerted if they'd scored six minutes earlier, though Elche wrapped things up through Hugo Fraile in the first minute of stoppage time. Coach Alberto Toril said he was pleased with his side's overall performance and singled-out veteran Nino for his display. "He was very good, especially in the first half. The fact we've won our two home games is satisfying but we must keep on improving with every match". Elche have one of their shorter away trips of the season when they go to promoted UCAM Murcia tomorrow evening (Saturday) with a 6.00 pm kick-off.

Ex-Chelsea star Ruud Gullit purred: ‘Kante is like (former Chelsea midfielder) Claude Makelele. He's always there when you need him’- high praise… In addition Chelsea have now signed more new players: Fiorentina left-back Marcos Alonso at £23m, the 25-year-old uncapped Spaniard moving to the Premier League for the third time in his career, previously playing for Bolton and Sunderland. In another curious piece of reverse-the-hearse business, Chelsea have re-signed Brazil defender David Luiz from Paris St-Germain for a fee of around £34m: that means PSG lost £20m on the deal in only two years. Chelsea have more reserves and loan players than anyone else and have recently loaned out strikers Loic Remy to Crystal Palace, and Patrick Bamford to Burnley. Watford have also signed Kenedy on a season-long loan and re-signed defender Adrian Mariappa on a three-year deal. So is everyone happily back in the Bridge fold then? Erm, no actually… Midfielder Cesc Fabregas isn’t currently in the team, the Spaniard is rumoured to be out of favour with Conte and about to move on. The necessary team harmony, so obviously observed in past Chelsea team successes looks back on now, coupled with the enigmatic Conte exploding regularly on the touchline adding to the traditional Blues-brothers type entertainment on the field. We’ll see what happens on Sunday as Chelsea visit Swansea, who have started more modestly with three points from three games. It’ll be a few weeks before Chelsea are truly tested against the big boys, as West Ham, Watford and Burnley so far have not really provided top opposition so far. But next week the Blues are home to loathed Liverpool and always antagonistic Arsenal the following weekend.

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MIRANDES 2 ELCHE 2 (A.E.T.) ELCHE WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES Elche advanced into the third round of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday night after a penalty shoot out victory at their fellow Segunda division club Mirandés. The Ilicitanos took the early initiative through a Guillermo goal in the 17th minute only for Sangalli to equalise eight minutes later. It was nip and tuck in the second half, with a powerful shot from Guarrotxena giving Elche keeper Germán no chance on the hour mark, but the experienced Nino levelled things up with 15 minutes of normal time remaining, with Maikel Mesa missing an injury time chance when he only had Germán to beat. Both sides looked tired in extra time, and Elche took the penalty shoot out, four-three, as Guarrotxena hit the woodwork with his strike, and then Germán saved Néstor’s spot kick to secure victory for the Ilicitanos.

Guardiola Will Adapt Andres Iniesta is fully confident his former manager Pep Guardiola will adapt to life in the Premier League at Manchester City. The Barcelona midfielder - who played under Guardiola from 2008 to 2012 at the Nou Camp - believes the appointment of Mikel Arteta to the backroom staff at City, combined with several key transfer signings, will stand the club in good stead under their new manager. Guardiola bought Ilkan Gundogan, Nolito, Leroy Sane, John Stones and Claudio Bravo in a round of summer spending which totalled more than £174m. That recruitment, Iniesta feels, will make City "competitive in all departments" as they bid for a third Premier League title in six seasons.

Perez To Shine?

Arsenal's signing of Lucas Perez represents a shift in thinking. Arsene Wenger clearly wants a different type of forward but the challenge now is for him to fit in, writes Adam Bate. Arsene Wenger often gives the impression that his ideas about the game crystallised some time ago. He's been forced, for example, to begrudgingly accept that his predictions about the bursting of the transfer bubble have not yet come to fruition. With Wenger unable to persuade Vardy to join Arsenal, the signing of Lucas Perez is a logical alternative. Like the Leicester man, his 17 La Liga goals for Deportivo La Coruna last season put him among his division's top scorers, but the finishing was only part of the story.

Rashford Form 'No Gareth Southgate is confident Marcus Rashford has given Sam Allardyce "food for thought" with his hat-trick for England's Under-21s on Tuesday night. The Manchester United striker scored three times for Southgate's side as they hammered Norway 6-1 to move a step closer to Euro 2017. England boss Allardyce watched from the stands in Colchester on Tuesday as Rashford scored twice before completing his hat-trick with a cool second-half penalty Rashford was left out of Allardyce's first senior squad for their 1-0 win in Slovakia on

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Premier Preview Eriksen Signs Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen has signed a new contract with the Premier League side, keeping him with the club until 2020. The Denmark international, 24, has made 134 appearances for Tottenham since joining them from Ajax in August 2013. Eriksen scored eight goals last season as Spurs finished third in the league. "There is a great future here” he said.

Surprise' For Gareth Sunday after playing at Euro 2016 and scoring on his debut against Australia in May. He also scored the winner for United against Hull City in their most recent Premier League game and goes into Saturday's Manchester derby in strong goalscoring form. England host Malta and go to Slovenia in their next World Cup Qualifiers next month while the U21s head to Kazakhstan and welcome Bosnia needing just a win to reach Euro 2017 and Southgate knows Rashford will be in Allardyce's thoughts.

After tomorrow’s Mancunian showdown (see back page) arguably the second Match of the Day is on Saturday evening at Anfield where rumblings of impatience for success are being felt, writes JOHN MCGREGOR. Kop King Klopp is still chopping and changing with defensive problems with James Milner at left back is not a sound move. Nobody, including the fervent Red hordes all round the world know w h i c h Liverpool will turn up on the day – does Klopp know? Still, it’s always highly entertaining to watch, and re-revving-up Champions Leicester will make for a great game. Suddenly, s t r a n g e l y splashing out Arsenal have s i g n e d Deportivo La Coruna forward Lucas Perez and Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi for a combined fee of more than £50m. At last Wilshere-free (Bournemouth loan) Arsenal woke up last week to soundly beat Watford 3 – 1. The

Gunners should continue winning ways at the Emirates against twopoints-from-three-games Southampton – who must do better. Deadly foes Tottenham will look to keep Stoke pointless, and worrying at the bottom: but new signings Wilfried Bony and Wales warrior Joe Allen should get the Potters going again. Keeping it London (Stadium) West Ham a r e entertaining witheri n g

Watford, but poor pulverized Palace travel north, a long way to Middlesborough: Boro have started well, five points from three but for Pardew’s plodders the only way is up with only one point so far. Seven points from a possible nine and fourth place is a very respectable start from an Everton outfit frustrated by lack of progress in the last few seasons. Manager Roberto Martinez has gone, and fresh from stirring Saints Dutchman Ronald Koeman seems to be making an impact already. Sure, John Stones has finally gone to the big boys over at the Etihad but the Toffees still have real class through-

out, and on Monday will travel to Sunderland, who have only one point so far. Erm, who’s the Black Cats’ manager? Why, it’s only David Moyes, arguably Everton’s greatest manager before the Scot moved on, only to fail at Man United and Real Sociedad.

The Latest Sport Headlines CRICKET England one-day captain Eoin Morgan is still to commit to the Bangladesh tour, with director of cricket Andrew Strauss saying anyone who does not travel is giving a chance to another player. The England and Wales Cricket Board are satisfied with security plans for the trip, which takes place in October. GOLF Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods hopes to return to action in October after more than a year out with injury. The American has twice had back surgery since his last appearance, at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015. The former world number one, now ranked 711, aims to play in the Safeway Open in California, starting on 13 October. FORMULA 1 US firm Liberty Media has confirmed it is buying the racing business Formula 1 for $4.4bn (£3.3bn). The move ends years of speculation about the ownership of the company. Bernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive but Chase Carey, vicechairman of 21st Century Fox, will become the new chairman. Liberty Media has stakes in several sports and entertainment businesses, including the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball club. GOLF Rory McIlroy says that positive-thinking and a tweak to his putting game were the key to him claiming his first PGA Tour title for 16 months after he won the Deutsche Bank Championship. His stunning Deutsche Bank Championship victory allows the 27-year-old to carry confidence and a renewed and invaluable aura to the Minnesota showdown.

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JONNIE’S NIGHT

Team GB’s Jonnie Peacock is one of the big names in action on day three of the Paralympics in Rio. Peacock was the T44 100m gold winner in London 2012 but the 23-year-old amputee has struggled with injury and form over the past 18 months, even missing the World Championships in Doha last October. American Jarryd Wallace has emerged as the leading contender and starts the Games as favourite to win gold, but Peacock appears to be hitting good form setting the world’s fastest time this year two months ago. Don’t go out this Saturday lunchtime, writes JOHN MCGREGOR. In direct contrast to sweaty Spain, in cold, rainy old Manchester (well, it usually is) one of THE matches of the year is on at Old Trafford, as upbeat United take on super City, with Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola resuming their old La Liga managerial rivalry. Both of the mighty Mancunians have three wins from three matches - so something’s gotta give. City are minus suspended Sergio Aguero, but such is the Blues’ heavy armoury these days, the Argentinian might not be missed too much. Today United have even bigger stars than Wayne Rooney in Zlatan Ibrahamovic and Paul Pogba, and this match will prove whether Mourinho’s new United are up to challenging City for the prestigious Prem title.

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Djokovic is hot favourite to book a place in Sunday’s US Open final at Flushing Meadows when he takes on Frenchman Gael Monfils in the semi-finals tonight. The winner will face either Andy Murray’s surprise quarter-final conqueror Kei Nishikori or Stan Wawrinka.

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CHRIS’S COSTA DATE Britain's Chris Froome best hopes of winning La Vuelta for the first time appear to rest largely on his gaining time in today’s 37km individual time trial in the northern Costa Blanca, based around Javea and Calpe. Team Sky's Froome remains behind Colombian Nairo Quintana, as he is

bidding to become the first man for 38 years to win the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same season. After today’s time trial, there’s a gruelling penultimate stage tomorrow, which starts in Benidorm and will have the riders heading towards the summit of Aitana on a 184 kilometres course. La Veulta

then finishes in Madrid on Sunday. Froome said he would be fully concentrating on today’s time trial in his bid for overall victory. He beat Quintana by over two minutes in an identical distance during July's Tour de France and is expected to take full advantage of today’s mostly flat course.

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